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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rolf	RAWLF (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Meinrad	MIEN-raht (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Raphael	['reifl]
Marly	MAHR-lee	English (Rare)
Eden	['i:dn]
Filippa	fee-LIP-pah (Swedish)	Russian, Greek, Swedish, Italian