usher out
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Definition
Verb: - To formally or politely conclude an interaction or meeting with someone by facilitating or allowing their departure. It often implies a courteous or ceremonial act of seeing someone out.
Usage
This verb is used to describe the action of ending a meeting, visit, or encounter by accompanying or signaling for someone to leave. It is a formal and polite term.
Examples
- Verb:
- The butler will usher out the guests after the dinner party.
- After the interview, the assistant ushered the candidate out of the building.
- The meeting concluded, and the host ushered everyone out of the conference room.
Advanced Usage
- "to usher someone out (of something)": To escort someone as they leave a specific place.
- The security guard ushered the protestors out of the lobby.
- The phrase can carry a connotation of a polite but firm conclusion to an event or a person's presence.
Variants and Related Words
- Usher (verb): To lead or guide someone somewhere, often ceremoniously.
- The attendant will usher you to your seats.
- Show out (phrasal verb): A less formal synonym meaning to escort someone to the exit.
- Let me show you out.
Synonyms
- Escort out: To accompany someone as they leave.
- See out: To accompany a departing person to the exit.
- Dismiss (in certain contexts): To permit or signal to leave.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- See off: To go to the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye.
- We went to the airport to see her off.
- Show someone the door (idiomatic): To ask or tell someone to leave, often in an unwelcoming manner.
- His rude comments finally got him shown the door.
Related Idioms
- Show someone out: Similar in meaning, though slightly less formal than "usher out."
- Thank you for coming. Let me show you out.
Verb
- end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
- I was dismissed after I gave my report