walking papers
Example Sentences
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While Wray resigned before he could be booted from the position, reports indicate Trump wasn't satisfied with just the top man's walking papers.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025
Andrew was issued his walking papers and ordered to move his offices out of Buckingham Palace in November after a nuclear interview he gave to the BBC in which he defended his friendship with Epstein.
From Fox News ● Jul. 2, 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
Speculation ran wild about which college program Kelly might helm next year after receiving his walking papers in Philadelphia.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2015
Oh, in such a case, the employer thinks no farther than to give a clerk his walking papers, and to show him the door.
From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Mary Ashley Townsend
