Synonym: cease, discontinue, furlough, give up, quit, stop. Similar words: playoff, pay off, lay out, by way of, in the way of, lay over, pay out, mayor. Meaning: v. 1. put an end to a state or an activity 2. dismiss, usually for economic reasons.
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(31) As a result, when import-competing industries contract, they do not in fact lay off proportionally more unskilled than skilled workers.
(32) Look, I don't want to argue with you, so just lay off.
(33) And the 22-year-old is under strict orders from manager Brian Little to lay off the physical stuff.
(34) We have no plans in the immediate future to lay off workers.
(35) A decision to lay off 10% of the work force tells the old story of the drone worker.
(36) Hey, I told him to lay off of me in practice.
(37) I'm trying to lay off rich food for a while to lose some weight.
(38) And then we all have doubts and lay off evangelizing, and Grandpa off and joins the Pentecostals.
(39) GM has made the painful decision to lay off 3,000 workers.
(40) The resulting fall in demand also forced other companies to trim back production and lay off workers.
(41) If he really wants to write the book, he'll need to lay off the drink until he does it.
(42) The prescription is expected: lay off the climbing and get stuck into physiotherapy.
(43) Hey, lay off Vinnie, will you? He hasn't done you any harm.
(44) Lay off that girl!
(45) There is no question but that firms that expect recovery do not lay off workers.
(46) We must lay off the booze even during Holy Communion.
(47) As they close down, they lay off more unskilled than skilled workers, since that is what they employ.
(48) Will the Labour party shut down the new gas-fired generating stations, break those contracts and lay off the men?
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(49) And companies that lay off workers would have to pay two months of severance for every year of service.
(50) Certainly, an emergency on the first flight after a long lay off provides the potential for an incident.
(51) The legislation gave companies the right to lay off workers and hire temporary employees.
(52) A lot of companies had to bite the bullet and lay off a lot of their employees.
(53) Body bags lay off to one side of the big intersection, while the corridors leading off were strewn with wreckage.
(54) Where demand was shrinking, firms would close down or lay off workers and contract operations.
(55) Conditions are ideal for novices when the strong winds lay off, but may be interrupted if a windy session sets in.
(56) He told the boys to lay off making noises.
(57) The doctor advised Jim to lay off alcohole.
(58) He has decided to lay off smoking.
(59) Then we had to lay off thousands of people.
(60) Will you lay off from your snide remarks?
More similar words: playoff, pay off, lay out, by way of, in the way of, lay over, pay out, mayor, buy off, a body of, carry off, a young man, play, clay, layer, delay, lay up, player, lay down, in memory of, a variety of, display, at the mercy of, lay aside, play with, fair play, on display.