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单词 marching orders
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marching orders in British English

plural noun
1. 
military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
2.  informal
notice of dismissal, esp from employment
3.  informal
the instruction to proceed with a task

marching orders in American English

1. 
orders to march, go, or leave
2. 
notice of dismissal

marching orders

[British]
an act of telling someone to leave something such as a job or a relationship. The American expression is walking papers.
He was chief executive of the bank until he got his marching orders this week.
[US]
the instructions that you are given in order to carry out a plan or achieve an aim
As one mid-level White House official put it, `We're still waiting for our marchingorders.'

Examples of 'marching orders' in a sentence
marching orders

But if you care for your wife even half as much as I think you do, I should give poor old Messy her marching orders.
Daisy Waugh TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS (2004)
Come on then Stanley, give me my marching orders, Joy said.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2004)
So you've got your marching orders, or, maybe in this case, your religious orders.
Katherine Mosb THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES (2004)
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