Meaning: newspapers

'nuːzpeɪpə(r) /'njuːs-n.
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisementsa business firm that publishes newspapersthe physical object that is the product of a newspaper publishercheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers

play the papers Idiom, Proverb

give one one's walking papers

Idiom(s): give one one's walking papers

Theme: DISMISSAL - EMPLOYMENT

to fire someone; to dismiss someone from employment.
• Tom has proved unsatisfactory. I decided to give him his walking papers.
• We might even give Sally her walking papers, too.

get one's walking papers

Idiom(s): get one's walking papers

Theme: FAILURE

to get fired. (Informal.)
• Well, I'm through. I got my walking papers today.
• They are closing down my department. I guess I'll get my walking papers soon.

Get Your Walking Papers

Get fired from a job.

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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.

walking papers

walking papers
A dismissal, as in They're downsizing, and I got my walking papers last week. This slangy expression, first recorded in 1835, refers to a written notice of dismissal.

play the papers

To gamble. Primarily heard in US. If you accumulate arena the papers, you'll accept no money larboard at all! I debris to accommodate him any added money until he stops arena the papers!Learn more: paper, play

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