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31lay 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 …
32lay 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 …
33lay off — phr verb Lay off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑employee, ↑staff, ↑worker …
34lay off somebody — ˌlay ˈoff | ˌlay ˈoff sb/sth derived (informal) used to tell sb to stop doing sth • Lay off me will you it s nothing to do with me. • lay off somebody doing sth Lay off bullying Jack. Main …
35lay off something — lay off (something) to stop doing or using something. She usually runs several miles every day but lays off in the hot weather …
36lay off (someone or something) — in. to top bothering or harming someone or something; to stop being concerned about someone or something. □ Lay off the booze for a while, why don’t ya? □ Lay off me! I didn’t do anything! …
37ˌlay ˈoff (sb/sth) — phrasal verb informal to stop doing something that is annoying someone Lay off! I m trying to study.[/ex] …
38lay off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abort, aestivate, belay, blueprint, boot, bounce, bound, break, breathe, bump, bust, call a strike, call it quits, can, cancel, cashier, cease, chart, circle in, circumscribe, close down, close shop, cut it… …
39lay-off — /ˈleɪ ɒf/ (say lay of) noun 1. the act of laying off. 2. an interval of enforced unemployment …
40lay-off — n. 1. Temporary unemployment (from lay off2). 2. lay offs Cases of men being sent home, temporarily unemployed …
