show someone the door
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show someone the door
verb shows someone the door · showing someone the door · showed someone the door · shown someone the door · show someone to the door
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show, someone, the, door.
- To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc. "[N]o man shall laugh at me now that I'm down. Show him the door, Dig."
- To dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included. The medical profession, by its drift toward specialization, is handing the family doctor his hat and showing him the door.
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verb to escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering
| Русский | указа́ть на дверь ukazátʹ na dverʹ, выгоня́ть vygonjátʹ, вы́гнать výgnatʹ |
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