show someone the door

Verb

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.
2. (idiomatic) To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc.
   • "[N]o man shall laugh at me now that I'm down. Show him the door, Dig."1913, Jeffrey Farnol, chapter 29, in The Amateur Gentleman
3. (broadly, especially, idiomatic) To dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included.
   • The medical profession, by its drift toward specialization, is handing the family doctor his hat and showing him the door.1939 April 3, “Here's Your Hat!”, in Time
   • In Maryland, Rep. Connie Morella, a skillful, conscientious politician, was ousted. . . . The always-charming Morella . . . provided great constituent service. . . . Still, voters showed her the door.2008 November 9, Bruce DePuyt, “Sweeping the Red Out of Our Region”, in Washington Post, retrieved 24 Aug 2009, page B08