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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to put at the door”. Compare French mettre à la porte.
Verb
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)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mettere, alla, porta.
- 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.
- (by extension) to fire
- Synonym: licenziare