hit\ the\ slide

hit\ the\ slide
1. (hit the slide) (17810↑, 7573↓)
To quit one's job in truly stunning fashion.

Steven Slater was fed up of working for a--holes, so he hit the slide.

2. (hit the slide) (363↑, 131↓)
quit one's job, particularly in a dramatic or spectacular fashion

Joe hit the slide when he quit by leaving the boss at the interstate rest stop on the way back from the conference in Tucson.

Related: jet blue
Last updated: 2012.02.29

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