She got a pink slip after ten years at the company.
pink slip
idiomA notice of termination of employment.
Origin
disputed originFrom pink + slip (“piece of paper”), referring to the colour of the paper, in some cases as it was in past, and not necessarily present, practice. * (automobile title): Most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper; in other states the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate.
The manager called him into the office and handed him a pink slip without any warning.
When the factory closed, hundreds of workers received pink slips on the same bleak December morning.
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give someone the slip
To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
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let slip
To divulge a secret, as by accident or mistake.
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let something slip
To accidentally reveal a secret.
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slip back to old ways
to return to past bad habits
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slip into
To put on some clothes rapidly.
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slip of the pen
A mistake in handwriting; (loosely) any minor error by the writer that made it into print, having not been caught by editors or proofreaders.
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slip of the tongue
A mistake in speech.
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slip out
To leave quietly and unnoticed.