Synonyms for show the door
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dawr, dohr |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɔr, doʊr |
Top 10 synonyms for show the door Other synonyms for the word show the door
- abdicate
- absolve
- ax
- banish
- bereave
- blackball
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- bundle off
- bust
- can
- cashier
- cast off
- cast out
- change one's tune
- chase
- defrock
- depone
- deport
- deprive
- deselect
- desert
- disburden
- discharge
- disclaim
- disemploy
- disencumber
- disfrock
- disinherit
- dismiss
- dispense
- displace
- dispossess
- disqualify
- divest
- drift away
- drop
- drum out
- evict
- exclude
- excuse
- exempt
- exile
- expatriate
- expel
- expulse
- extrude
- fire
- force out
- forgo
- forswear
- freeze out
- furlough
- give notice to
- give one notice
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the 1-2-3
- give the ax
- give the boot
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give the hook
- give up
- give walking papers
- give warning
- have done with
- heave-ho
- impeach
- jettison
- jilt
- kick out
- kiss goodbye
- lay off
- leave
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- let go
- let off
- let one go
- let out
- lock out
- lose
- nix
- ostracize
- oust
- out
- pack off
- pension
- pink slip
- privilege from
- proscribe
- put away
- put out
- quit
- recall
- release
- relegate
- relieve
- relinquish
- remove
- renounce
- replace
- repudiate
- resign
- retire
- ride out on rail
- rob
- run out of town
- run out on
- sack
- send packing
- set aside
- shelve
- show out
- show someone the door
- show the door
- shut out
- spare
- spurn
- supersede
- supplant
- surrender
- suspend
- take the oath
- terminate
- throw out
- throw out on ear
- throw over
- topple
- toss out on ear
- transport
- turn away
- turn out
- unfrock
- unload
- unseat
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- wash out
- yield
Définition of show the door
Origin :- Middle English merger of Old English dor (neuter; plural doru) "large door, gate," and Old English duru (fem., plural dura) "door, gate, wicket;" both from Proto-Germanic *dur- (cf. Old Saxon duru, Old Norse dyrr, Danish dør, Old Frisian dure, Old High German turi, German Tür).
- The Germanic words are from PIE *dhwer- "a doorway, a door, a gate" (cf. Greek thura, Latin foris, Gaulish doro "mouth," Gothic dauro "gate," Sanskrit dvárah "door, gate," Old Persian duvara- "door," Old Prussian dwaris "gate," Russian dver' "a door").
- The base form is frequently in dual or plural, leading to speculation that houses of the original Indo-Europeans had doors with two swinging halves. Middle English had both dure and dor; form dore predominated by 16c., but was supplanted by door.
- A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. [Ogden Nash]
- As in oust : verb expel, get rid of
- As in send packing : verb send away
- As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
- As in discharge : verb dismiss from responsibility
- As in evict : verb throw out from residence
- As in expel : verb throw out, banish
- As in forsake : verb abandon, turn one's back on
Antonyms for show the door
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