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in the boondocks
(redirected from boonies)

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*in the boondocks and *in the boonies
in a rural area; far away from a city or population. (*Typically: be ~; camp ~; live ~; stay ~.) Perry lives out in the boonies with his parents.


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``This is where you'll have to get out, kid, because I'm heading for Malibu now,'' the driver told him, dropping Rudy off in what were then the boonies.
It was quite a coincidence the Zero team happened to wander upon our seven-stair session at 4:00am, a rail out in the boonies hidden behind a church at 4:00am, or the next day when he wouldn't answer our calls--then we saw him at the park with the Zero guys.
YOUR BLACK HAWK IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) TO GET THE ENGINES GOING WHEN YOU'RE OUT THE BOONIES AND GROUND POWER IS NOT AVAILABLE.
 
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