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show someone the door
verb as in pink slip
Weak matches
- ax
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- bump
- can
- cashier
- defrock
- depone
- depose
- deselect
- discharge
- disemploy
- disfrock
- displace
- disqualify
- drop
- fire
- furlough
- give notice to
- give someone his or her walking papers
- give someone the ax
- give someone the gate
- give someone the pink slip
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give the heave-ho
- give walking papers
- give warning
- impeach
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- let out
- oust
- pension
- put away
- recall
- release
- retire
- sack
- send packing
- shelve
- shut out
- suspend
- terminate
- turn away
- unfrock
- unseat
- wash out
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But Peter’s too polite to show someone the door when they’re bothering him, so I’ve never dared to stay long.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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