| 单词 | to send in one's papers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto send in one's papers b. The certificates which accompany a military officer's application for permission to resign. Chiefly in to send in one's papers: to resign. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > specific certificates pass1617 beating-order1721 smart ticket1734 papers1872 society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] resign1395 recede1452 retirec1598 to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625 to go out1642 to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 to make one's bowa1656 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 vacate1812 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to stand down1926 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign resign1395 resignate1531 to go out1642 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 to turn up1819 to pull the pin1860 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to snatch it or one's time1941 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Apr. 302/1 I sent in my papers, packed up my traps, and here I am. 1890 W. E. Norris Misadventure xvi He wished him..to send in his papers before his marriage. 1960 Victorian Stud. June 326 Those, like Captain Gadsby..in the end sent in their papers for the sake of their wife and family. 1971 Dict. National Biogr. 1951–60 353/2 When new appointments were announced in January 1922 he was again passed over. He therefore sent in his papers. < as lemmas |
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