Idioms
A group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.
Idiom:
give (someone) the boot
Meaning:
to fire someone, to force someone to leave a place
Example:
The manager gave the man the boot when he began yelling in the restaurant.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is defined as - a group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words.