lay off

1. Put an end to a state or an activity (synset 202686624)
   "Quit teasing your little brother"
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: cease, discontinue, give up, quit, stop
2. Dismiss, usually for economic reasons (synset 202408679)
   "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
   is a type of: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   subtypes: downsize - dismiss from work
   same as: furlough

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