WALKING PAPERS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge

Synonyms:

marching orders; walking papers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("walking papers" is a kind of...):

dismissal; dismission; pink slip (official notice that you have been fired from your job)

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