walking papers

1. 1.

   (informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge

   Synonymsmarching orders

   Broaderdismissal

Questions about walking papers

What does walking papers mean?

walking papers means "(informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge".

What is another word for walking papers?

Close synonyms include marching orders. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is walking papers a common word?

walking papers is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.