lay off
123 synonyms found
- abandon
- abort
- aestivate
- belay
- blueprint
- boot
- bounce
- bound
- breathe
- bust
- call a strike
- call it quits
- can
- cancel
- cashier
- cease
- circle in
- circumscribe
- close down
- close shop
- cut it out
- define
- defrock
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demote
- deplume
- depose
- deprive
- determine
- diagram
- disbar
- discontinue
- disemploy
- dismiss
- displace
- displume
- drop it
- drum out
- expel
- fire
- fix
- furlough
- give over
- give the ax
- give the gate
- go on strike
- graph
- halt
- have done with
- have nothing on
- hibernate
- hold
- kick
- kick upstairs
- knock it off
- knock off
- lay by
- lay out
- lay to
- leave off
- let go
- let out
- lie by
- lie dormant
- lie fallow
- lie idle
- lie off
- lie to
- lie up
- make redundant
- map out
- mark boundaries
- mark off
- mark out
- mark the periphery
- measure off
- measure out
- pace off
- pension off
- plot out
- read out of
- recess
- release
- relinquish
- remove
- renounce
- replace
- retire
- ride at anchor
- rope off
- rule off
- sack
- scrub
- secure
- separate forcibly
- set off
- set out
- set the limit
- shut down
- shut up shop
- sketch
- sketch out
- specify
- stake out
- stay
- step off
- stop for breath
- strike
- strip
- superannuate
- take a break
- take a recess
- take a rest
- take five
- take ten
- take time out
- terminate
- turn off
- turn out
- unfrock
- walk out
Definition
(v) :
to dismiss workers at a time of low business volume; to make redundant; to place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk
"lay off singing, will you! I'm trying to study."