mettere alla porta

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to put at the door. Compare French mettre à la porte.

Verb[edit]

méttere alla porta (first-person singular present métto alla porta, first-person singular past historic mìsi alla porta, past participle mésso alla porta, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mettere,‎ alla,‎ porta.
  2. to kick out
    Synonyms: mandare via, scacciare
    • 2016, Tom Bissell, “Tutto di tutto: Infinite Jest, vent'anni dopo [Everything of everything: Infinite Jest, twenty years later]”, in David Foster Wallace, translated by Edoardo Nesi, Infinite Jest, Einaudi, page vii:
      Entrambi contengono troppo. Entrambi ti invitano a entrare. Entrambi ti mettono alla porta.
      Both contain too much. Both invite you to enter. Both kick you out.
  3. (by extension) to fire
    Synonym: licenziare