Antonyms for show the door


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dawr, dohr
Phonetic Transcription : dɔr, doʊr


Definition 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

Synonyms for show the door

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