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Idiom idiom

don't let the door hit you on the way out


Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

You are fired, so don't let the door hit you on the way out.

CONTEXTUAL

He finally quit his job, and his boss told him, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

COMPLEX

After years of betrayal, she showed him the exit and remarked that he should not let the door hit him on the way out.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a little of something goes a long way

    Only a small amount of something is usually required to produce a great effect.

  2. 02

    all the way to Egery and back

    The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.

  3. 03

    and I don't mean maybe

    Indicating that one is serious and not joking about a matter.

  4. 04

    bang down the door

    To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.

  5. 05

    blow the doors off

    To be much more important or impressive than.

  6. 06

    buy to let

    To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

  7. 07

    by the way

    Irrelevantly, off-topic.

  8. 08

    close the stable door after the horse has bolted

    To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).

Last updated August 10, 2026