The idiom to hand in your notice means to officially inform your employers that you are leaving.
In this context, notice means warning – you are giving your employers time to prepare for your departure. This word would be used in employment contracts, which would include the minimum notice (warning) that the employers require an employee to give if they decide they want to leave. After you have handed in your notice, you would usually work your notice period and then leave.
Have a go at these micro-dictation exercises to hear this expression being used in context – how much can you understand?
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…I’ve come to the decision…
to come to a decision/to come to the decision to do something = to make a decision, especially after a period of consideration or thinking. e.g. You’ve had a 20 minutes – have you come to a decision about what to order for supper yet?
…it’s time to move on…
The phrasal verb to move on means to move to a new stage or period in your life or career. e.g. Tom broke up with Tina 6 months ago and he still hasn’t moved on.
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After 3 rise, I to at work.
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…set up her own company…
The phrasal verb to set something up means to establish or start a company, institution, organisation, system, software etc. e.g. I tried to set up a climbing club at school but they wouldn’t let me.
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