SHOW THE DOOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask to leave

Example:

I was shown the door when I asked for a raise

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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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