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
Datu-Tagalog
VirvaVEER-vahFinnish
BjÖRneBYUUR-neSwedish
Firoozeh-Persian
Astarteəs-TAHR-tee (English)Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Ianus-Roman Mythology