be in take orders Idiom, Proverb

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give someone their marching orders

fire someone: "After the argument, he was given his marching orders."
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get your feet under the table
get settled in: "It only took him a week to get his feet under the table, then he started to make changes."

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under orders|orders|under

adv. phr. Not out of one's own desire or one's own free will; obligatorily; not freely. "So you were a Nazi prison guard? " the judge asked. "Yes, your Honor," the man answered, "but I was acting under orders and not because I wished to harm anyone."

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walking papers|orders|papers|ticket|walking|walkin

n., informal A statement that you are fired from your job; dismissal. The boss was not satisfied with Paul's work and gave him his walking papers. George is out of work. He picked up his walking ticket last Friday.

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holy orders

holy orders
take holy orders
to receive Christian ordination

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marching orders, get one's

marching orders, get one's
Be ordered to move on or proceed; also, be dismissed from a job. For example, The sales force got their marching orders yesterday, so now they'll be on the road with the new product, or It's too bad about Jack—the boss gave him his marching orders Friday. This expression originally alluded to a military command. [Colloquial; late 1700s]