hand someone his hat

Definitions

1. 1

   To require someone to depart

   To require someone to depart; to dismiss someone.

   • McNeil replied, "It may have been Hitler who helped Chamberlain with his overcoat but don't forget it was the British people who handed him his hat."
   • You grew up under dictators who would have put people to the sword if they dared hand them their hats and invite them to buzz off.
   • The President's men, nonetheless, view him the way the Vatican saw Galileo—as a dangerous heretic. . . . They would hand him his hat if they dared.

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