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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[ticket] See: [SPLIT TICKET], [STRAIGHT TICKET], [THE TICKET], [WALKING PAPERS] also [WALKING TICKET]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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