walking papers

[walking papers] or [walking orders] also [walking ticket] {n.}, {informal} A statement that you are fired from your job; dismissal.

* /The boss was not satisfied with Paul's work and gave him his walking papers./

* /George is out of work. He picked up his walking ticket last Friday./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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