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▲
Verb
To discontinue or stop doing something
To fire or relieve from employment
To demote or downgrade
To reduce in intensity
Past tense for to stay or be located at a close distance to something or someone
Noun
The state of being no longer in employment, or being made unemployed
A cessation of work by employees, typically in protest
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▲
To discontinue or stop doing something
stop
cease
quit
discontinue
end
halt
drop
can
break
desist
kick
rest
break off
desist from
cut out
leave off
give up
refrain from
knock off
break up
cut off
pack in
abstain from
give over
pack up
shut off
let up
not continue
leave alone
stop doing
give a rest
suspend
finish
abandon
forgo
terminate
conclude
renounce
call a halt to
put an end to
bring to an end
cut short
swear off
belay
put a stop to
wind up
forsake
relinquish
axe
UK
forbear from
eschew
ax
US
call it a day
interrupt
cancel
close
withhold from
do without
surcease
pull the plug on
steer clear of
keep from
arrest
avoid
check
abstain
expire
lay off of
call it quits
resist
pass up
stay away from
restrain from
curb
go without
jack in
elapse
refrain
dispense with
determine
abolish
dead-end
wink out
keep off
skip
refuse
hold back
hold off
forego
scrap
lapse
dissolve
pass
scrub
ditch
complete
forbear
abort
call off
bring to a halt
annul
forswear
withhold
preclude
back off from
shrink from
check out from
rein in
shun
call it quits on
pull out of
not touch
get off
scratch
go
die
withdraw
close out
intermit
come to an end
adjourn
have done with
call a halt
block
wrap up
bring to a close
nip in the bud
pack it in
put the kibosh on
inhibit
bypass
pass on
deny oneself
wean
kibosh
surcease from
leave out
revoke
abjure
repeal
kick the habit
round out
sew up
restrain oneself from
cut
round off
resist the temptation to
rescind
quit cold
close down
cut it out
resign from
stay
cry off
wrap
intervene
knock something on the head
get out of
culminate
shut down
give the chop
obstruct
stem
wind down
fail
stop oneself from
skip out on
bring to a stop
do not
shake
sacrifice
pause
keep
kick over
let alone
recess
disrupt
turn aside from
prevent oneself from
not give in to
cease to indulge in
reject
eliminate
run out
extinguish
bring to a conclusion
bring to an untimely end
hold back from
give something a miss
manage without
resign
not do
yield
call a stop to
get on the wagon
hang it up
take the cure
escape from
go cold turkey
call
knock it off
pull up
recall
stop midstream
interfere with
cut into
disturb
say goodbye to
break into
bar
staunch
blow the whistle on
put a sock in
bring to a standstill
stall
impede
put a cork in
close off
prevent
bring to end
get rid of
do away with
bag it
separate
interpose
disunite
disconnect
disjoin
blow off
dissever
kill
phase out
part
come to a close
back off
die down
not do anymore
quit cold turkey
stand down from
chuck
give something up
waive
shy from
throw in the towel
forlet
stop trying
throw in the sponge
turn your back on
divorce
part with
withdraw from
throw up
eighty-six
retire from
finish with
ignore
dust off
part from
wipe out
remit
jilt
shelve
break with
write off
forget about
forfeit
fight shy of
escape
restrain
decline
stop oneself
restrain yourself
bridle
evade
decline to
give a wide berth to
omit
go easy
resolve
consummate
pull the plug
get done
end up
sunder
ultimate
get shot of
put paid to
finish off
dispose of
crown
settle
get shut of
put the lid on
switch off
top off
detain
deny
suppress
keep back
hold off on
stifle
unaccustom
detach
put on hold
put on ice
be over
draw to a close
disappear
vanish
come to a standstill
leave
come to a stop
take a break
come to a halt
fade away
die away
desert
finalize
US
abate
sever
finalise
UK
bite the dust
stop dead
run its course
take a breather
forfend
peter out
die out
fizzle out
drop out of
run down
have nothing to do with
finish up
fade
thwart
exit
curtail
delay
evaporate
prorogue
wait
freeze
liquidate
do
dwindle
evanish
bail
depart
prohibit
be suspended
stop short
take five
obviate
move from
cease to exist
have a break
hang back
bow out of
step aside from
pass away
blow over
back out of
have a breather
melt away
put a lid on
become invalid
go away from
take ten
clean up
put a period to
be through with
become void
head off
come to the end
depart from
become obsolete
relent
ebb
spurn
cap
wane
suspend proceedings
clear
set aside
lay aside
cinch
be put on hold
come off
steer clear
be at an end
be no longer valid
quell
immobilize
US
turn back
subside
draw to a halt
come to rest
renege
back out
ease off
ease up
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
deactivate
immobilise
UK
evanesce
be broken off
be abandoned
hold up
put a stop to something
cool it
stop in your tracks
collapse
reach a standstill
rise
discharge
accomplish
retreat
drop out
bring down curtain
draw to close
put to bed
play out
transpire
hold
stand
quash
take time out
take time off
give notice
shutter
clinch
avert
fold
go by
hang up
carry out
bring to fruition
come to a conclusion
cross the line
round up
carry through
set the seal on
sit out
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
trail off
go on the wagon
tail off
postpone
tie up loose ends
go down the toilet
go out the window
go dead
foil
be no more
fly by
slip away
put the stopper on
repudiate
intercept
secede from
stop cold
break short
stonewall
step down from
stop in full flow
leave unfinished
bring to a premature end
break away from
split with
delink from
sever relations with
bag
defend against
stave off
ward off
shut out
save
turn aside
fend off
keep from happening
hesitate
waver
vacillate
disaffiliate oneself from
dissociate oneself from
dump
vacate
discard
put a lock on
put a stopper in
bring to screeching halt
put chill on
break free from
take leave from
have nothing more to do with
falter
procrastinate
exclude
hinder
debar
be gone from
be done with
deliberate
brush off
bail from
break off with
walk out of
walk out on
clear out from
disappear from
run along from
cast aside
take off from
abscond from
cast off
exit from
set out from
absent oneself from
sideline
reflect
disqualify
interdict
hang fire
estop
rule out
forestall
forbid
sit tight
hang about
hold on
adopt Fabian tactics
hang around
think twice
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
deter
make impossible
ward
make impracticable
stop briefly
call time
take a breath
stop what you're doing
mark time
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
more ❯
“I tell him to
lay off
smoking, coffee, and beer, to stay home and rest.”
Verb
▲
To fire or relieve from employment
dismiss
fire
sack
discharge
release
terminate
oust
can
drop
suspend
make redundant
let go
boot out
send packing
give someone the boot
give the heave-ho
give someone the sack
give someone the bullet
give someone the push
give someone their cards
give someone their marching orders
give the old heave-ho
give the elbow
give notice to
give the chop
pay off
give the axe
give their cards
show the door
axe
UK
ax
US
remove
kick out
get rid of
cashier
throw out
retire
pink-slip
give someone their notice
expel
bounce
unseat
give notice
boot
muster out
turn off
turf out
depose
dethrone
give the sack to
deprive of office
give someone the big E
displace
eject
turf
impeach
bump
give walking papers
defenestrate
shelve
disemploy
defrock
hand walking papers
declare redundant
out
pink slip
give someone the pink slip
topple
supplant
disqualify
unfrock
give the bum's rush
give the ax
pension
let out
give the gate
shut out
give someone his
recall
disbar
deselect
disfrock
furlough
depone
wash out
turn away
bin off
give someone the air
give warning
cast out
give marching orders
kiss off
ship
give a pink slip
cut
terminate employment
give the push to
give the boot to
give the bullet to
overthrow
uncrown
unthrone
unmake
debar
give someone their P45
ditch
discrown
throw someone out on their ear
show the gate to
dump
bring down
remove from office
give someone his or her walking papers
discard
run out of town
nix
relieve of duty
excuse
lock out
freeze out
supersede
replace
bust
ride out on rail
shed
dehire
unhire
banish
throw out on your ear
give the 1-2-3
run off
bundle off
expulse
pack off
chase
force out
put out
push out
evict
remove by force
exclude
rout
ostracise
UK
turn out
thrust out
exile
purge
drive out
dislodge
reject
ostracize
US
drum out
deport
transport
give one's cards
give pink slip
give bum's rush
deprive
overturn
demobilize
US
demobilise
UK
usurp
chuck out
eliminate
degrade
disband
break
relegate
unhorse
extrude
see the back of
remove from power
send away
decommission
throw
demob
move on
defeat
vote someone out
triumph
overwhelm
unsettle
disthrone
disenthrone
eighty-six
chase out
move
court martial
transfer
reposition
abolish
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
budge
abstract
dislocate
pension off
take down
force to retire
put out to grass
sever connections
force to give up work
put out to pasture
demote
downgrade
expatriate
subvert
chuck
excommunicate
bar
repatriate
extradite
ban
outlaw
proscribe
isolate
rusticate
set aside
extradict
drive off
sequester
disperse
liberate
do away with
shake off
drive away
chase away
dispatch
rid
bundle
clear
strip of rank
show out
allow to go
send home
send off
dispense with
dispose of
cast off
slough off
do without
push aside
more ❯
“The management replied that the decision to
lay off
the workers was a collective one between the management and the workers' council.”
Verb
▲
To demote or downgrade
sideline
relegate
demote
downgrade
dismiss
Verb
▲
To reduce in intensity
ease
moderate
lessen
lighten
soften
blunt
deaden
dull
lower
numb
reduce
still
calm
diminish
anaesthetise
UK
anesthetize
US
quiet
tone down
take pressure off
take the edge off
let up on
decrease
relieve
mitigate
temper
abate
soothe
assuage
alleviate
mollify
allay
palliate
subdue
cushion
dampen
lenify
attenuate
benumb
damp
dilute
muffle
thin
cauterize
US
cauterise
UK
gentle
obtund
buffer
lull
relax
quell
weaken
extenuate
stifle
qualify
suppress
mellow
cut down
make less
get rid of
put an end to
gruntle
desensitize
US
undermine
appease
cool
slake
sate
hebetate
desensitise
UK
water down
put a damper on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to stay or be located at a close distance to something or someone
lay close
remained near
lay near
remained close
stayed near
stayed close
lain off
lain close
lain near
“They look just like the rafts of fragmented sea ice that
lie off
the coast of Antarctica on Earth.”
Noun
▲
The state of being no longer in employment, or being made unemployed
redundancy
dismissal
discharge
axe
UK
furlough
ax
US
sacking
firing
notice
layoff
unemployment
joblessness
redundance
retirement
severance
termination
lay-off
the sack
marching orders
job loss
laying-off
the axe
one's cards
removal
expulsion
cashiering
ousting
sack
axing
boot
bullet
push
defenestration
dislodgement
chop
ejection
heave-ho
the old heave-ho
the boot
turfing out
bounce
deposition
ouster
release
displacement
congé
elbow
dislodgment
kiss-off
the push
pink slip
the door
your books
the bum's rush
the order of the boot
demobilization
US
demobilisation
UK
termination of employment
unseating
bum's rush
old heave ho
walking papers
impeachment
toppling
dethroning
dethronement
expelling
demotion
overthrow
ejecting
downsizing
cutback
streamlining
letting go
early retirement
reduction in force
eviction
suspension
deposal
ostracism
dispossession
laying off
permission to go
more ❯
Noun
▲
A cessation of work by employees, typically in protest
stoppage
strike
slowdown
walkout
standstill
lockout
layoff
lay-off
industrial action
sit-down
wildcat strike
work stoppage
work to rule
go-slow
revolt
mutiny
rebellion
job action
general strike
lightning strike
work-to-rule
withdrawal of labour
stop-work
labor protest
tie-up
sick-in
stickout
blue flu
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