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show the door





VERB
send packing
Synonyms


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Data show the door then closed two minutes later.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2026

Buckhantz is not a guy you show the door — especially when you have a basketball team that is irrelevant and invisible in what many believe is a basketball town.

From Washington Times Mar. 7, 2019

A forward to replace Rémy, who will leave, and more sprightly replacements for the ones we inevitably show the door to.

From The Guardian May 18, 2013

In fairness, when all is said and done, I might be going too far to suggest the SEC should, NPR-style, show the door to every employee who embarrasses the agency with horrific judgment.

From BusinessWeek Mar. 15, 2011

Let her try only to show the door to Charles Henry, and I will shut her out, and she shall never return—never!

From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.




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