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Idiom

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

Meaning

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.

Examples

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

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

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

Examples

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.”

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