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31lay somebody off — ˌlay sbˈoff derived to stop employing sb because there is not enough work for them to do Syn: make somebody redundant • 200 workers at the factory have been laid off. related noun ↑lay off Main entry: ↑ …
32lay off — I v To fire (temporarily). The company laid off 100 people this week. 1910s II v To quit. Hey, lay off bothering me! 1900s …
33lay off — I. be unable to employ any longer, let go NSU laid off 50 employees because there s not enough work. II. stop doing it, quit it, cut it out I think I ll lay off coffee. I m getting too much caffeine …
34lay off — to dismiss from employment Formerly for a short period only, until business picked up, but now of permanent dismissal: I didn t know my old man had been laid off. (Theroux, 1977) …
35lay off phr v — I used to be a pimp, but then I got laid off …
36laying-off season — /leɪɪŋ ˈɒf sizən/ (say laying of seezuhn) noun that period of the year during which seasonal workers, as cane cutters, fruit pickers, etc., are laid off …
37left-off — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the past participle of leave off : laid aside : cast off all sent Christmas and birthday presents and parcels of left off clothing Flora Thompson * * * leftˈ off adjective Laid aside or discarded • • • …
38Saarnaki laid — (Estonian for small islet ) is an uninhabited, moraine based island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are coord|58|48|38|N|22|59|37|E| [ [http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/estonia/map/m3620531/saarnaki… …
39Lackawanna Cut-Off — The westbound Lackawanna Limited comes off the Pequest Fill shortly after the opening of the Lackawanna Cut Off. Taken from the signal tower at the east end of Greendell Siding, this early 1912 photo was used as a template for a Phoebe Snow… …
40lay sb off — UK US lay sb off Phrasal Verb with lay({{}}/leɪ/ verb [T] (laid, laid) ► to stop employing someone, usually temporarily because there is not enough work to do: »Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred… …
