leave orders
21marching orders — UK US noun [plural] (US INFORMAL walking papers) ► HR, WORKPLACE if you give someone their marching orders, you ask them to leave a job, usually because they have done something wrong: »She was called into the manager s office and given her… …
22get your marching orders — get (your) marching orders give (someone their) marching orders to tell someone to leave. He d only been in the job a month when he got his marching orders …
23get marching orders — get (your) marching orders give (someone their) marching orders to tell someone to leave. He d only been in the job a month when he got his marching orders …
24marching orders — march|ing or|ders [ martʃıŋ ,ɔrdərz ] noun plural INFORMAL an act of telling someone that they must leave a place or that they are no longer wanted, needed, or employed: give someone their marching orders: The boss gave him his marching orders… …
25give someone their marching orders — give (someone their) marching orders to tell someone to leave. Debbie s finally given her husband his marching orders after ten years of an unhappy marriage …
26give marching orders — give (someone their) marching orders to tell someone to leave. Debbie s finally given her husband his marching orders after ten years of an unhappy marriage …
27marching orders — /ˈmatʃɪŋ ɔdəz / (say mahching awduhz) plural noun 1. Military directions to soldiers to proceed in order to take position for battle, etc.: the brigade received its marching orders shortly after the general s visit. 2. orders to leave; dismissal… …
28marching orders — n. 1. orders to march, go, or leave 2. notice of dismissal …
29To take leave — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …
30marching orders — noun /ˈmɑɹtʃɪŋˌɔɹɾɹ̩z/ a) Instructions for action. I get my marching orders directly from the president. b) Dismissal: an instruction to leave …
