The umpires’ ruling precipitated a wild protest . . . and three straight run-scoring hits off Pelfrey that sent him to the showers after a six-run inning.
2013 Nov. 20, Kevin Garside, "England 0 Germany 1," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 8 July 2014):
Gerrard was sent to the showers 10 minutes into the second half, replaced by his Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson.
Orr, in the first row behind the photographers, said something and Smart stepped to him and pushed him with both hands. . . . Sending Smart to the showers—or instructing arena security to eject the fan—would have been a move in the name of safety.
(idiomatic, by extension) To remove or expel someone from a job, position, or activity, especially because of poor behavior or performance.
The Federal Trade Commission in recent years has seldom struck out. . . . But last fortnight the FTC was caught way off base, sent red-faced to the showers.
1991 July 7, Newsweek Staff, "Chief Of Staff Edition," Newsweek (retrieved 8 July 2014):
Lucky John Sununu. . . . Given the thin bench of replacements, no wonder Bush doesn't want to send him to the showers.
Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has returned. . . . Having been sent to the showers during last year’s disastrous campaign to place the nation’s seniors on a voucher program, Ryan is back.
Silver needed to be bold and decisive and he was unquestionably both in sending the lout Donald Sterling to the showers with a lifetime ban on Tuesday.