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
"You'll get your walking papers if you don't keep your place," said Diggs ominously.
From Mr. Bingle by McCutcheon, George Barr
