see someone to the door

see someone to the door
show someone (to) the door & see someone to the door
to lead or take someone to the door or exit. •

After we finished our talk, she showed me to the door.

Bill and I finished our chat as he saw me to the door.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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