sending someone to the showers

Verb

send someone to the showers (third-person singular simple present sends someone to the showers, present participle sending someone to the showers, simple past and past participle sent someone to the showers)

1. (idiomatic) To remove a player from a particular team competition before the conclusion of the event, especially because that player's contribution on this occasion has been below his or her expected level of performance.
   • [H]e was able to pitch out of trouble until the eighth, when a single by LF Randy Winn and double by 2B Bret Boone sent him to the showers.2004 September 29, “Mariners game at a glance”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 08 Jul 2014
2. (broadly, idiomatic) To remove or expel someone from a job, position, or activity, especially because of poor behavior or performance.
   • The Federal Trade Commission in recent years has seldom struck out. […]But last fortnight the FTC was caught way off base, sent red-faced to the showers.1941 February 3, “Government: FTC Boner”, in Time, retrieved 08 Jul 2014