give marching orders



give somebody their marching orders

to tell someone to leave Debbie's finally given her husband his marching orders after ten years of an unhappy marriage.
See also: give, marche, order

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nawal-Arabic
Ebru-Turkish
TonĆI-Croatian
Bean[bi:n]
Lycus-Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
JeĻEna-Latvian