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lay off
verb
()
put an end to a state or an activity
Synonyms:
cease
,
discontinue
, give up,
quit
,
stop
,
lay off
verb
()
dismiss, usually for economic reasons
Synonyms:
furlough
,
Words Related to
lay off
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give up
,
quit
,
furlough
,
discontinue
,
stop
,
cease
,
drop
,
idle
,
apprehend
,
arrest
,
arrested
,
can
,
dismissed
,
dropping
,
fire
,
halt
,
pop
,
quitting
,
release
,
stopped
,
stopping
,
stops
,
adopt
,
abstain
,
arresting
,
shelve
,
shuck
,
measure
,
interdict
,
aside
,
lap
,
lapped
,
leave
,
leaving
,
lie
,
lies
,
lir
,
put
,
reveal
,
shucks
,
slept
,
stake
,
stakes
,
staking
,
take
,
terminate
,
terminated
,
undight
,
unmask
,
unmasked
,
unmasking
,
axe
,
axing
,
besiege
,
downsize
,
flume
,
terminating
,
lay-up
,
unarm
,
interdicted
,
abdicate
,
accent
,
accentuate
,
apart
,
apprehended
,
articulate
,
away
,
back
,
bag
,
bak
,
base
,
beat
,
beats
,
bed
,
begin
,
bet
,
bets
,
betting
,
blow
,
break
,
brt
,
butt
,
butted
,
cap
,
catch
,
change
,
changing
,
charge
,
charged
,
charging
,
chip
,
circumscribe
,
cover
,
cradle
,
crock
,
decide
,
declare
,
defeat
,
defer
,
deferred
,
lay off
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