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Phrase(s): *one’s walking papers
Fig. a notice that one is fired from one’s job. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give one ~.) • Well, I’m through. I got my walking papers today. • They are closing down my department. I guess I’ll get my walking papers soon.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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A dismissal, as in They're downsizing, and I got my walking papers last week. This slangy expression, first recorded in 1835, refers to a written notice of dismissal.
American Heritage Idioms