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
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
"But you'll be about certain to get your walking papers if you wait for the first information to come from other sources."
From Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
