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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 leaveplay

  Familiarity information: SHOW THE DOOR used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOW THE DOOR (verb)


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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