Speakur

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get one's marching orders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
get one's -march-ing orders
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be dismissed disgracefully.

Inflected Forms

gets one's marching orders (present, singular) getting one's marching orders (participle, present) got one's marching orders (past) got one's marching orders (UK, participle) gotten one's marching orders (US, participle)

Questions

What does get one's marching orders mean?
To be dismissed disgracefully.

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