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SHOW THE DOOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does show the door mean?
• SHOW THE DOOR (verb)
The verb SHOW THE DOOR has 1 sense:
1. ask to leave
Familiarity information: SHOW THE DOOR used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ask to leave
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
I was shown the door when I asked for a raise
Hypernyms (to "show the door" is one way to...):
boot out; chuck out; eject; exclude; turf out; turn out (put out or expel from a place)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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