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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(61) Why don't you lay off today?
(62) He also said that he should lay off smoking.
(63) Romulus began at once to lay off the bounds of his little town.
(64) The lab will lay off four people due to a lack of operating revenue, leaving two support staff, said Robert Sanders,[http://sentencedict.com/lay off.html] a spokesman for the school.
(65) The economic contraction is of course the prime force driving companies to lay off workers.
(66) LL: Laura seemed so spacey. I think that maybe the doctors should lay off the painkillers.
(67) He told me to lay off you, as you'd saved his life.'she announced baldly.
(68) Lay off, can't you? Can you see he's had enough?
(69) He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.
(70) He told me, that he had been obliged to lay off Mr. Trager and Mr. Bishop, in spite of their long years of service.
(71) Has Miss Alison decided whether to retrain or lay off?
(72) He may also have to promise to lay off Mahdi Army.
(73) The doctor told him to lay off a couple of days.
(74) Original name of city of Home Zhang harbor alluvion county, only then built 1962, by Changshu, Jiang Yin two counties area of part of each lay off incorporates and become.
(75) Martha was in the hot seat because she had to lay off half of her employees.
(76) I hate to be caught in the Hobson's choice: stay lacking salary or lay off.
(77) Nobady will lay off with the permission of labor union.
(78) Xinhua News Agency Reuters United States Postal Service intends to lay off 20% by 2015, involving a total of 12 million jobs to avoid bankruptcy.
(79) Purified water drinkers can lay off the Aquafina and buy a water filter.
(80) Without full agreement of the Labor Union, nobody will lay off.
(81) Anglo American became the latest mining company to lay off employees because of falling commodity prices.
(82) So just lay off bad mouthing those nuclear power plants; they are as harmless and as safe as a housefly.
(83) I hear you're been pestering my sister again -- well, you can just lay off.
(84) Lay off making unkind jokes on me, can't you? I've had enough.
(85) Let's lay off for a few minutes, this work is tiring.
(86) We lay off the shore, about a hundred yards from a big Hospital Ship.
(87) The University should not lay off its employees on the ground of financial stringency.
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.