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

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/dont-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out
Updated: 2026-08-10

## 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.

## 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.

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