'lay off' definitions:
Definition of 'lay off'
From: WordNet
verb
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold]
verb
Dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" [syn: furlough, lay off]
Synonyms of 'lay off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 out,
- define,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- demarcate,
- demote,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- desist,
- determine,
- diagram,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discontinue,
- disemploy,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- drop it,
- drum out,
- enclose,
- end,
- 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,
- map out,
- mark boundaries,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the periphery,
- measure off,
- measure out,
- pace off,
- pause,
- pension off,
- plot,
- plot out,
- quit,
- read out of,
- recess,
- refrain,
- 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,
- spell,
- stake out,
- stay,
- step off,
- stop,
- stop for breath,
- strike,
- strip,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- surround,
- suspend,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take five,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- terminate,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unfrock,
- walk out
Words containing 'lay off'
- Lay,
- Laying,
- To lay about,
- To lay at,
- To lay before,
- To lay by,
- To lay down,
- To lay for,
- To lay in,
- To lay in for,
- To lay it on,
- To lay on,
- To lay out,
- To lay over,
- To lay to,
- To lay under,
- To lay up,
- lay before,
- lay by,
- lay down,
- lay in,
- lay into,
- lay on,
- lay out,
- lay over,
- lay to,
- lay up,
- laying on,
- laying out,
- Lay baptism,
- Lay brother,
- Lay clerk,
- Lay days,
- Lay elder,
- Lay figure,
- Lay race,
- Lay reader,
- Lay shaft,
- Laying on of hands,
- Pipe laying,
- Point Lay,
- To lay a venue,
- To lay about one,
- To lay against the field,
- To lay asleep,
- To lay bare,
- To lay by the heels,
- To lay claim to,
- To lay forth,
- To lay hands on,
- To lay hold of,
- To lay hold on,
- To lay in balance,
- To lay in lavender,
- To lay it on thick,
- To lay on load,
- To lay on the shelf,
- To lay on the table,
- To lay open,
- To lay siege to,
- To lay the course,
- To lay the land,
- To lay to heart,
- To lay unto,
- To lay wait,
- To lay wait for,
- To lay waste,
- easy lay,
- egg laying,
- lay aside,
- lay away,
- lay claim,
- lay down the law,
- lay eyes on,
- lay hands on,
- lay it on thick,
- lay low,
- lay on the line,
- lay the foundation,
- lay to rest,
- lay waste,
- lay waste to,
- lay witness,
- lay-by,
- lay-up,
- laying claim,
- laying waste,
- the lay of the land,
- Point Lay, AK,
- To lay an anchor to the windward,
- To lay heads together,
- To lay one's self out,
- To lay stress upon,
- to get the lay of the land,
- To lay hands on one's self,
- To lay one's self open to,
- egg-laying mammal,
- To lay violent hands on one's self,
- To lay a fault misfortune etc at one's door