walking papers
Example Sentences
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Before that, Karl Dorrell left the crosstown rivalry with his walking papers in 2007, a day after being trampled by the Trojans for the fourth time in five seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Thirty-three years of service and this is what you get: your walking papers, with maybe a medal thrown in.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2020
We’re a week away from Black Monday, the NFL’s annual flurry of head coaches being given their walking papers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2019
Now-former Baltimore Raven Jordan Lasley got his walking papers Wednesday after a crazy week that included fighting with teammates, scoring a touchdown and inexplicably throwing a football into a pond.
From Fox News ● Aug. 2, 2019
Here’s where I get my walking papers I reckon.
From Crooked Trails and Straight by D. C. Hutchison
