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

How much of a plan did you have when you handed in your walking papers?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2016

Here’s where I get my walking papers I reckon.

From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.