laid off
1laid-off — adjective having lost your job • Syn: ↑discharged, ↑dismissed, ↑fired, ↑pink slipped • Similar to: ↑unemployed * * * laid off «layd f», adjective. temporarily dismissed from work: »a quirky British fi …
2laid-off — adj. Laid off is used with these nouns: ↑worker …
3laid off — to be told by the manager that your job is canceled Billy was laid off because there s not enough work at the plant …
4laid-off — adjective a) Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk. b) Made unemployed or redundant …
5laid off — Meaning Euphemism for being made redundant. Origin …
6laid off — Temporarily unemployed …
7laid off him — left him alone …
8laid — past tense and pp. of LAY (Cf. lay) (v.). Laid up injured, sick, originally was a nautical term (1769) describing a ship moored in harbor. Laid off temporarily unemployed is from 1916. Get laid have sex (with someone) attested from 1952, U.S.… …
9off-the-job — /awf dheuh job , of /, adj. 1. done, received, or happening away from or while not at one s job: off the job research. 2. temporarily not employed: off the job union members. [1965 70] * * * off the job «AWFTH uh JOB, OF », adjective. 1. not on… …
10Off the Books — Single by The Beatnuts featuring Big Punisher Cuban Link from the album Stone Crazy …
