lay off
• give up or stop doing something.
• "I laid off smoking for seven years"
Similar:
give up,
stop,
refrain from,
abstain from,
not continue,
desist from,
leave alone,
cut out,
quit,
pack in,
leave off,
kick,
give over,
knock off,
Opposite:
start,
take up,
• discharge a worker temporarily or permanently because of a shortage of work.
• "the company has laid off 30 per cent of its staff"
Similar:
dismiss,
let go,
discharge,
give notice to,
pay off,
release,
make redundant,
sack,
give someone the sack,
fire,
send packing,
give someone the boot,
give someone the bullet,
give someone the push,
boot out,
give someone their cards,
• pass the ball to a teammate.
• "Jules laid the ball off to the striker"
• paint the final layer on a wall or other surface.
• "lay off the paint with very light brush strokes"
• (of a bookmaker) insure against a loss resulting from a large bet by placing a similar bet with another bookmaker.
• "the only way the dividends could possibly make sense was if the bookmaker had laid off the bet"
lay-off
noun
• a temporary or permanent discharge of a worker or workers.
• "the workforce is on strike over lay-offs"
Similar:
redundancy,
dismissal,
discharge,
notice,
unemployment,
sacking,
firing,
marching orders,
the sack,
the boot,
the bullet,
the axe,
the (old) heave-ho,
the bounce,
the elbow,
• a period during which someone is unable to take part in a sport or other activity due to injury or illness.
• "there were serious doubts over her fitness after such a lengthy lay-off"
