walking papers
Example Sentences
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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
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
Earlier in the week, Manson posted a statement to Twitter that suggested the erstwhile Twiggy had been given his walking papers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2017
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 Townsend, Mary Ashley
