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walking papers

NOUN
dismissal notice
Synonyms
WEAK
discharge notice dismissal heave-ho marching orders pink slip the boot the sack walking ticket

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

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

Though Bergen said he was never given an official explanation for his dismissal, he said the producers weren't wrong for giving him his walking papers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2015

The following day I got my walking papers.

From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Walter, Eugene