walking papers
Example Sentences
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Before that, Karl Dorrell left the crosstown rivalry with his walking papers in 2007, a day after being trampled by the Trojans for the fourth time in five seasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021
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
If the Great Northern don't appreciate the wise, wide-awake common sense that saw the difference between three old box cars and eleven precious human lives, I'll take my walking papers instanter.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
