"lay off" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

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
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