boots on the ground (English, noun)
expansion: boots on the ground pl (plural only)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.
tags: metonymically
plural
plural-only
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.
The military policy of using ground forces.
tags: metonymically
plural
plural-only
glosses: Personnel operating in an area of interest.
tags: broadly
plural
plural-only
glosses: The state or condition of being physically present at a place of interest in order to ascertain the current situation.
tags: figuratively
informal
plural
plural-only
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boots, on, ground.
tags: plural
plural-only
Forms: