Dear John letter

noun

1. informal,  a letter from someone (esp to a man) breaking off a love affair

Example Sentences

On this record, “Red Eye Flight” could be a goodbye to a lover, or it could be a Dear John letter to addiction.

From Salon

But not long after Mr. Angeloni opened his account, he got his own Dear John letter.

From New York Times

On the musical “Dear John” letter, a resigned Jones sings of “folding my hand.”

From Seattle Times

Later that evening, he finally unearthed the bank’s Dear John letter: “Financial institutions have an obligation to know our customers and monitor transactions,” it said.

From New York Times

Did anybody else find it terribly coincidental that Urban Meyer got a Dear John letter from the Jaguars on college football’s National Letter of Intent Day?

From Seattle Times