"marching orders" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɑɹtʃɪŋˌɔɹɾɹ̩z/ [US] Audio: En-au-marching orders.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=marching orders}} marching orders pl (plural only)
  1. Instructions for action. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-marching_orders-en-noun-Q7fKuaj8
  2. (UK) Dismissal: an instruction to leave. Tags: UK, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms: walking papers [US], walking ticket [US] Translations (instruction to leave): potkut [plural] (Finnish), rukkaset [plural] (Finnish), pakit [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-marching_orders-en-noun-aqrmS3i8 Disambiguation of Directives: 27 73 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'instruction to leave': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: get one's marching orders

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