"show someone the door" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-show someone the door.ogg [Australia] Forms: shows someone the door [present, singular, third-person], showing someone the door [participle, present], showed someone the door [past], shown someone the door [participle, past], showed someone the door [US, also, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown:􂀿US also􂁀> someone the door}} show someone the door (third-person singular simple present shows someone the door, present participle showing someone the door, simple past showed someone the door, past participle shown someone the door or (US also) showed someone the door)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show, someone, the, door. Synonyms: show someone to the door [dated]
    Sense id: en-show_someone_the_door-en-verb-NqsbL9wS
  2. (idiomatic) To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering): näyttää ovea (Finnish), heittää ulos (Finnish), ajtót mutat (Hungarian), pokazać drzwi [perfective] (Polish), wypraszać [imperfective] (Polish), wyprosić [perfective] (Polish), указа́ть на дверь (ukazátʹ na dverʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́гнать (výgnatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-show_someone_the_door-en-verb-HA03hh8B Disambiguation of 'to escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering': 1 95 4
  3. (idiomatic, by extension, especially of a person) To dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included. Tags: broadly, especially, idiomatic Translations (to dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included): näyttää ovea (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-show_someone_the_door-en-verb-Sznow5AX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 17 76 Disambiguation of 'to dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included': 1 2 98

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