walking papers

Example Sentences

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While Wray resigned before he could be booted from the position, reports indicate Trump wasn't satisfied with just the top man's walking papers.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

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

Nance tells me I must get busy or else take my walking papers.

From Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Speed, Nell