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get (one's) marching orders

get (one's) marching orders

To be dismissed from employment or to be ordered to leave or move on from a place. An allusion to a military command of deployment. After messing up that account, I'm terrified that I'm going to get my marching orders. Bill had been living in his parents' house for nearly a year without working when he finally got his marching orders out of there.
See also: get, marche, order

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Prosperus-Late Roman
DamhÁN-Irish
Karine (1)ka-REENFrench
ShawndaSHAWN-dəEnglish
Jan (2)JANEnglish
NacioNAH-thyo (Spanish), NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
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