LAY OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Dismiss, usually for economic reasons

Example:

She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized

Synonyms:

furlough; lay off

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "lay off" is one way to...):

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay off"):

downsize (dismiss from work)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

layoff (the act of laying off an employee or a work force)

Meaning:

Put an end to a state or an activity

Example:

Quit teasing your little brother

Synonyms:

cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay off"):

drop; knock off (stop pursuing or acting)

leave off (stop using)

sign off (cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations)

retire; withdraw (withdraw from active participation)

pull the plug (prevent from happening or continuing)

close off; shut off (stem the flow of)

cheese (used in the imperative (get away, or stop it))

call it a day; call it quits (stop doing what one is doing)

break (give up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing