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what does the expression "if the boot fits" mean?

the guy i'm "talking" to read me an anonymous conversation from someone on a text free app asking if we had a thing and he said "if the boot fits"

what does this mean?

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  • Sarah
    Lv 4
    10 years ago
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    Likely a reference to the Cinderella story... I've heard it as "If the SHOE fits". So it may mean something like: you fit into a certain category... In cinderella, since the glass shoe fit her foot, she was the only one that the prince was looking for and so she fit into his needed category. Hope this helps

  • 10 years ago

    If the consequence or crime matches the characteristic or habits of the person or thing you'd most suspect to cause such an event.

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