RESIGN
VERBS
► BILGE to be dismissed or obliged to resign → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BOW OUT to retreat or withdraw; to resign → 20C sl.
► LEAVE UP to abandon, to give up, to resign → 1430-40 obs.
► PULL THE PIN to resign or retire from a job → 1927 US sl.
► SEND IN ONE’S JACKET to resign; to deliver up one’s badge of office → 1884 sl.
► TAKE A WALK of a group of workers: to resign → 1930s sl.
► WALK to leave, to walk off; to resign → 1960s sl.
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