boots on the ground
boots on the ground
Soldiers who are on active duty and physically present during a combat operation. Word from the boots on the ground is that the enemy line is beginning to retreat. We need to get more boots on the ground if we want to win this skirmish.
See also: boot, ground, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- shake in one's shoes/boots, to
- daisies
- be (as) tough as old boots
- grapple
- grappling
- daisy roots
- flounder through
- flounder through (something)
- over shoes, over boots