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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2016

Well, if you must know," the Englishman interrupted hastily, "my instructions were to give you your walking papers if you refused to resign.

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph