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What is another word for
lay off
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Verb
To stop doing
To relieve of responsibility
To refuse to provide (as per usual)
To demote or downgrade
To reduce in intensity
Past tense for to remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)
Noun
The action of forcing or throwing something out
A cessation of work by employees in protest at the terms set by their employers
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To stop doing
break
can
drop
abstain from
kick
not continue
refrain from
break off
break up
cease
cut off
desist
desist from
discontinue
end
give over
halt
knock off
quit
rest
shut off
spell
stop
cut out
give up
leave alone
leave off
let up
lie by
stop doing
give a rest
pack in
pack up
finish
forgo
abandon
conclude
suspend
terminate
renounce
swear off
wind up
eschew
do without
belay
bring to an end
put an end to
close
interrupt
elapse
call a halt to
determine
dead-end
avoid
cut short
wink out
relinquish
abstain
lapse
expire
pass
call it a day
axe
UK
lay off of
forbear from
put a stop to
ax
US
pull the plug on
withhold from
forswear
forsake
go
die
surcease
dispense with
cancel
call it quits
forbear
keep from
shun
check
pause
go without
keep off
scrub
scrap
abort
come to an end
ditch
jack in
have done with
resist
refrain
withdraw
forego
eliminate
steer clear of
complete
get off
hold back
curb
bring to a halt
get out of
abolish
call off
scratch
wrap up
pack it in
resign from
block
skip
withhold
pass up
restrain oneself from
stop oneself from
arrest
restrain from
ignore
stay away from
resist the temptation to
obstruct
keep
rein in
shy from
hold off
deny yourself
dissolve
intervene
refuse
pull out of
not touch
escape from
skip out on
cut
nip something in the bud
abjure
close out
come to a stop
kick the habit
adjourn
round out
sew up
round off
come to a halt
rescind
quit cold
cry off
wrap
give something the chop
knock something on the head
ultimate
recess
revoke
pull up
be over
wind down
come to a standstill
bring to a close
nip in the bud
shake
sacrifice
annul
repeal
kick over
put the kibosh on
draw to a close
close off
prevent
pass on
stand down from
chuck
disrupt
waive
turn aside from
prevent oneself from
prevent yourself from
not give in to
cease to indulge in
reject
go cold turkey
give something up
bring to end
cut it out
get on the wagon
hang it up
take the cure
leave out
resign
yield
interfere with
cut into
disturb
say goodbye to
break into
throw in the towel
forlet
stop trying
throw in the sponge
hold back from
achieve
leave
succeed
endure
dispense
not do
call a stop to
resolve
head off
down tools
stop work
consummate
pull the plug
get done
end up
sunder
get shot of
put paid to
shut down
finish off
dispose of
crown
settle
get shut of
wind something up
put the lid on
switch off
top off
give something a miss
keep away from
manage without
turn your back on
divorce
part with
withdraw from
throw up
eighty-six
retire from
finish with
dust off
part from
wipe out
remit
jilt
shelve
break with
write off
forget about
forfeit
abate
jack something in
die away
fizzle out
fade away
peter out
snub
carve
isolate
exsect
sever
exclude
marginalize
US
extirpate
extract
usurp
remove
overlook
oust
excise
delete
intermit
phase out
run out
extinguish
bring to a conclusion
prorogue
prorogate
bring to an untimely end
get rid of
do away with
bag it
separate
interpose
disunite
disconnect
disjoin
blow off
dissever
kill
part
nullify
bring
call
knock it off
call a halt
recall
stop midstream
fight shy of
escape
inhibit
restrain
restrain oneself
decline
stop oneself
restrain yourself
bridle
evade
decline to
give a wide berth to
omit
go easy
cut dead
take away
take out
marginalise
UK
impede
frustrate
stall
bar
stay
hamper
still
catch
stumble
be abandoned
freeze
wiggle-waggle
waver
staunch
teeter
immobilize
US
come to a close
be suspended
close down
blow the whistle on
hobble
dither
hold up
put a sock in
scruple
bring to a standstill
hesitate
draw to a stand
falter
draw up
stem
balance
hang back
wabble
stand still
stagger
vacillate
be broken off
bring to a stop
shilly-shally
hold at bay
whiffle
put a cork in
stem the flow
immobilise
UK
bring to standstill
come to rest
bring up
wobble
limp
fetch up
preclude
shirk
bypass
back off from
sidestep
dodge
avert
shrink from
break the habit of
check out from
get around
kibosh
call it quits on
skirt
surcease from
disappear
fade
vanish
finalize
US
dwindle
quash
finalise
UK
die out
diminish
culminate
ruin
destroy
lessen
wane
melt away
evaporate
run down
pass away
ebb
decrease
do
quell
recede
discharge
die down
carry out
fulfill
US
put to bed
accomplish
wreck
polish off
cease to exist
demolish
be no more
clear
undo
postpone
shatter
perform
execute
eradicate
cap
ease off
wear off
scotch
annihilate
fulfil
UK
sort out
spoil
become obsolete
delay
hinder
set the seal on
mar
nail
dash
thwart
realize
US
crush
devastate
stymie
actualize
suppress
curtail
effectuate
polish
dump
disperse
subside
vacate
sabotage
evanish
clinch
slacken
perfect
get through
carry off
run its course
mess up
realise
UK
stop dead
screw up
sink
bring to fruition
nix
cease to be
weaken
dissipate
tail off
blow over
damage
discard
hold
fail
ease
defer
deactivate
dispatch
invalidate
go away
impair
void
collapse
decimate
tie up
negate
abrogate
complement
slow
shorten
drop off
disannul
exit
depart
null
put off
drop away
round up
obliterate
blight
evanesce
put back
queer
banjax
dish
scupper
suspend proceedings
crool
shrink
cool it
become invalid
leave unfinished
cruel
euchre
do in
moderate
become extinct
add the final touch to
make good
go whole hog
go the limit
bring to maturity
do thoroughly
put the last touches on
make up
add the finishing touch to
make perfect
go through with
put the finishing touches on
foul up
become void
make a mess of
louse up
cool off
strike down
roll back
decay
dry up
play havoc with
bite the dust
subdue
grow less
put a lid on
take a break
fade out
put on ice
take five
take a breather
liquidate
dispel
fold up
button down
stop short
make a hash of
put in cold storage
bring to naught
blow a hole in
take care of
clean up
fall away
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
cast aside
disappear from the face of the earth
run your term
kill off
bin
climax
turn back
junk
top
transpire
cinch
clear up
blow
wrap-up
back off
settle down
lift
dissociate
quit cold turkey
surrender
despair
lose heart
capitulate
admit defeat
be beaten
give in
concede defeat
be at an end
be put on hold
draw to a halt
wrap something up
truncate
fly by
do for
stifle
draw to close
put a period to
limit
perish
stop in one's tracks
reach a standstill
lay aside
be put to bed
button up
cut loose
relieve
shutter
result
slip away
bring down curtain
be gone
be no longer valid
stand
rise
fold
die off
restrict
be forgotten
deal with
retard
tie up loose ends
come to the end
be through with
finish up
raise
put the stopper on
come to a conclusion
cripple
reverse
turn out
give up hope
abandon hope
shut
back out
renege
baulk
UK
abbreviate
clip
abridge
carry through
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
retreat
drop out
hang up
pigeonhole
undermine
smash
take a breather from
put the finishing touches to
sidetrack
fix
balk
US
brace
cut something short
wither
wilt
give notice
hold over
attack
subvert
turn out to be
countermand
dismiss
slow down
mothball
table
put on a back burner
remove gradually
withdraw gradually
replace gradually
eliminate gradually
stop using
incapacitate
ravage
foil
melt
continue
respite
put over
hold in abeyance
be brought to an end
put a brake on
retract
go by
put lid on
put finishing touch on
call a day
put into effect
put the finishing touch to
mop up
top it off
put the tin lid on
put away
degenerate
wither away
dematerialize
relent
disable
threaten
upset
deteriorate
droop
retrograde
crumble
bate
bring to a premature end
set aside
declare invalid
obviate
declare
take a recess
disband
relax
break short
stop cold
stop in full flow
trail off
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
cease to be known
come to naught
go south
be done for
leave no trace
pass into oblivion
lay on the table
efface
render null and void
blot out
declare null and void
expunge
get off the hook
vitiate
erase
vaporize
US
taper
de-escalate
taper off
pall
lower
fall
disestablish
sell out
harm
bollix
be exhausted
be consumed
flag
take a rain check
run low
go downhill
wear away
go down
go dead
fly
flee
attenuate
have an abortion
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
overthrow
close the door on
terminate the account
close the books
break down
decelerate
slack
phase down
dull
coast
drain away
become weaker
chill out
unlax
ratchet down
cool
dismantle
contract
fight
intrude on
muck up
concentrate
vaporise
UK
parch
oppose
split up
loose
wrack
shoot
disorganize
unmake
destruct
scar
become smaller
become less
grow smaller
disfigure
stain
give out
phase something out
be depleted
be used up
withstand
counter
defy
afflict
taint
disappoint
trash
injure
tackle
resolve into
render void
confront
oppugn
war
glitch up
repel
put a damper on
combat
buck
get rid of by stages
battle against
desert
strive against
bail
make a stand against
bring to an end to
cope with
struggle against
put up a fight against
be gone from
be done with
brush off
depart from
bail from
go away from
drop out of
clear out from
bow out of
walk out of
walk out on
disappear from
run along from
take off from
move from
abscond from
exit from
absent oneself from
break off with
cast off
step aside from
set out from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To relieve of responsibility
can
discharge
dismiss
drop
fire
oust
sack
suspend
terminate
let go
make redundant
pay off
retire early
give the axe
give the boot
give the chop
give the elbow
give their cards
give the old heave-ho
boot out
kick out
give someone the boot
cashier
axe
UK
throw out
show the door
get rid of
ax
US
give someone the sack
give the heave-ho
give someone their cards
give someone their marching orders
send packing
remove
give someone the push
give someone the bullet
release
expel
give someone their notice
retire
pink-slip
turf out
bounce
muster out
turn off
boot
depose
turf
eject
displace
give someone notice
give notice to
out
defenestrate
bin off
give someone the air
give someone the big E
unseat
bump
impeach
give walking papers
give the sack
let one go
disqualify
unfrock
evict
hand walking papers
give the ax
pension
let out
declare redundant
give the gate
shut out
shelve
give someone his
recall
pink slip
deprive of office
give one notice
deselect
disfrock
give somebody the boot
disemploy
furlough
give notice
give somebody their cards
depone
wash out
turn away
give someone the pink slip
give warning
give somebody the push
defrock
give marching orders
kiss off
ship
give a pink slip
give somebody notice
give the push to
give the boot to
give the bullet to
terminate employment
discard
run out of town
supplant
nix
relieve of duty
excuse
lock out
freeze out
supersede
replace
bust
ride out on rail
reduce
cut back
put an end to
tomahawk
cut
hatchet
poll
scale down
decimate
cleaver
slim down
downsize
topple
debar
dethrone
disbar
give someone the gate
give someone his or her walking papers
give someone the ax
show the door one
put away
shed
dehire
unhire
give one's cards
give somebody the sack
give pink slip
give somebody the pink slip
give the sack to
give bum's rush
banish
throw out on your ear
give the 1-2-3
give the bum's rush
run off
bundle off
expulse
pack off
chase
force out
slang
put out
push out
remove by force
exclude
rout
ostracise
UK
turn out
thrust out
exile
purge
drive out
dislodge
reject
ostracize
US
drum out
deport
transport
cast out
chuck out
extrude
expatriate
relegate
ban
bar
throw someone out on their ear
proscribe
repatriate
dispossess
eliminate
excommunicate
heave out
drive away
send away
extradite
disfellowship
send home
drive off
send back
chase out
outlaw
repudiate
blacklist
blackball
disallow
fling out
evacuate
remove from power
remove from office
dispatch
disown
force to leave
smoke out
flush out
do away with
overturn
give one the gate
leave out
bring down
leave out in the cold
cast off
disperse
move
embargo
veto
clear
shift
ship out
uproot
boycott
disband
rid
black
erase
dislocate
omit
keep out
empty
sling out
chase away
dispel
send off
set aside
show you the door
disregard
see the back of
get out
sideline
throw out on the streets
clear out
cut out
miss out
take out
toss out
show out
put out in the street
cut dead
take off
sail
overthrow
separate
vote someone out
consign
throw someone out
unchurch
expropriate
chuck
ferret out
denounce
prohibit from entering
yeet
outcaste
marginalize
US
anathematize
invisibilize
marginalise
UK
show the door to
scatter
fordrive
heave-ho
toss out on ear
takfir
curse
sentence to transportation
sentence
ask to leave
dissipate
isolate
rusticate
extradict
sequester
upset
give the hook
disturb
strip
throw out on ear
extricate
knock over
disentangle
squander
free
bring low
snub
transfer
prohibit
shake off
toss
eighty-six
ditch
unloose
irrupt
dump
repel
scramble
reposition
abolish
knock out of place
knock out of position
drain
vacate
jettison
extract
withdraw
vote against
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
except
throw overboard
kiss goodbye
squeeze out
dig out
delete
zero
budge
abstract
down
negative
kill
shun
refuse
forbid
give someone their P45
slur
elide
forget
show the gate to
ignore
knock loose
bring about the downfall of
spurn
cold-shoulder
split up
beat off
break it up
break up
preclude
interdict
take down
leave off
close out
estop
stop
deny access to
disclude
obviate
prevent
bate
discount
block
occlude
rule out
shoot down
clear away
draw out
bring out
give something a miss
count out
not count
refuse to admit
demobilize
US
liberate
pass over
put an embargo on
ward off
send to Coventry
prevent from entering
shut the door on
refuse admittance
bundle
demobilise
UK
give the cold shoulder
give the cold shoulder to
allow to go
dispense with
dispose of
slough off
do without
push aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse to provide (as per usual)
stop
withhold
suspend
constrain
curb
deny
detain
hold back
retain
waive
arrest
cease
cut off
inhibit
keep back
restrain
suppress
bridle
check
discontinue
hold off on
keep
keep hold of
refuse
repress
stifle
put on back burner
put on hold
put on ice
put on the shelf
refuse to pay
adjourn
delay
postpone
interrupt
defer
shelve
prorogue
intermit
pigeonhole
break off
put off
reschedule
table
prorogate
recess
terminate
dissolve
disband
mothball
put aside
hold over
push back
lay on the table
bring to an end
hold up
hold
put in abeyance
bar
lay aside
hold off
pink-slip
put an end to
omit
hang up
procrastinate
rule out
break up
count out
put back
put in cold storage
inactivate
protract
cut short
take a rain check on
can
file
put on the back burner
put a stop to
retard
stave off
hang fire
stay
halt
hold in abeyance
call a halt to
quit
keep in abeyance
lay over
remit
put over
respite
continue
carry over
stall
prolong
extend
end
sideline
pause
stand over
set aside
suspend proceedings
take five
knock off
take a break
take a breather
set back
give rain check
break
slow
rise
hinder
impede
dismiss
take a recess
dally
give a rain check
slow up
do later
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
park
reserve
hold something in abeyance
rearrange
reorganize
US
put something on hold
hang
hold something over
cool
forestay
reprieve
be suspended
contain
be put on hold
take offline
temporise
UK
temporize
US
cool it
save
cut
block
lengthen
obstruct
cancel
sever
leave off
put on the bank burner
put on one side
finish
let up
take a raincheck
slow down
come to an end
reorganise
UK
bring to a halt
bring to a close
bring to a standstill
shake
drop
slow pedal
take a rain check
call a halt
take a breather from
call it a day
put on a back burner
take time out
drop it
call time
take ten
freeze
dawdle
tarry
leave to another time
linger
dillydally
loiter
lag
poke
drag one's feet
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
put to one side
tie up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To demote or downgrade
sideline
demote
dismiss
downgrade
exclude
relegate
ostracize
US
banish
ostracise
UK
freeze out
leave out
leave out in the cold
disown
displace
disregard
invisibilize
marginalize
US
expel
marginalise
UK
oust
cast out
cast off
throw out
cut out
excommunicate
exile
disfellowship
cut
expulse
expatriate
cut dead
drop
deport
bar
ban
reject
debar
eliminate
prohibit
embargo
blackball
shut out
keep out
except
omit
forbid
refuse
boycott
veto
bounce
proscribe
repudiate
remove
disallow
ignore
disbar
black
evict
eject
preclude
interdict
close out
discount
get rid of
shut the door on
disclude
block
send to Coventry
not count
suspend
estop
refuse to admit
put an embargo on
occlude
obviate
stop
rule out
count out
ward off
prevent
drive out
miss out
bate
pass over
force out
blacklist
prevent from entering
put out
lock out
set aside
refuse admittance
deny access to
outlaw
snub
spurn
cancel
shun
discharge
inhibit
drum out
taboo
rebuff
kick out
boot out
turf out
enjoin
avoid
coldshoulder
deny
restrain
turn out
delete
out
rout
chase
halt
criminalize
US
slang
kill
make illegal
cold-shoulder
criminalise
UK
disqualify
erase
send packing
discard
run off
place an embargo on
revoke
nix
forfend
renounce
recant
deprive
cross out
disclaim
abjure
take out
obstruct
put an end to
put a stop to
give the cold shoulder
give the bum's rush
discontinue
efface
excise
forestall
check
restrict
cashier
expunge
blank
obliterate
scrub
scrap
suppress
shut off
reverse
push out
thrust out
blue-pencil
cut off
strike out
censor
keep off
take back
elide
disavow
keep at arm's length
leave off
quash
annul
rub out
say no to
countermand
invalidate
retract
block out
chuck out
close one's doors to
ink out
refuse entrance to
give someone the push
give someone the boot
put down
pass up
throw out on your ear
show the door
hinder
interrupt
quit
cease
overlook
impede
vote against
rusticate
limit
oppose
rub
negative
squeeze out
condemn
withdraw
scratch
curse
rescind
deter
isolate
dele
edit
recall
declare ineligible
negate
abolish
freeze
spike
stymie
transport
forgo
sack
repeal
blot out
edit out
overrule
shoot down
hold up
lock up
declare illegal
nullify
dispossess
renege
fling out
purge
backpedal
override
dislodge
squash
forswear
refrain from
drive off
give the thumbs down to
bin off
strike
destroy
abnegate
give the cold shoulder to
score out
steer clear of
x out
stroke out
wipe out
white out
drive away
give the elbow
let go
do away with
declare null and void
pass on
back out of
ice out
keep back
black out
zing
call off
put a line through
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
give a wide berth to
cast aside
pass by
give the boot
have nothing to do with
give someone the big E
give someone the air
disacknowledge
deny entry
look straight through
deny admittance to
turn on
attaint
foreclose
rule something out
exempt
inveigh
press out
unchurch
express
gouge out
lock someone out
counteract
waive
denounce
anathematize
prohibit from entering
give somebody the cold shoulder
takfir
overturn
disentitle
turn against
thwart
weed out
censure
down
circumvent
throw
turn down
avert
put a price on someone's head
illegalize
shut out of
ward
give one the gate
consider undesirable
mark off
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
make impossible
defenestrate
factor out
refuse admission to
close down
close up
officially forbid
leave in the cold
thumbs down
hit list
refuse to employ
leave out of account
sling out
not include
fail to include
turn your back on
brush off
stay away from
hold aloof from
abstain from
wash one's hands of
impose sanctions
withhold patronage
refuse to take part in
repatriate
extradite
fordrive
bust
fire
heave out
stand in the way of
put on hit list
make impracticable
ask to leave
forget
slur
extrude
extradict
sequester
stave off
put paid to
not consider
forget about
end
break
can
throw out on ear
give the hook
give walking papers
show you the door
cover
axe
UK
conceal
hide
mask
chase away
send away
veil
give something a miss
shake off
see the back of
shroud
ax
US
give the sack to
give someone their P45
eighty-six
ditch
unloose
force to leave
give the chop
give someone the bullet
bump
give the heave-ho
irrupt
dump
throw overboard
give the old heave-ho
toss
kiss goodbye
send off
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their marching orders
give someone their cards
show the gate to
hang up
put a lock on
put a stopper in
bottle up
keep lid on
box in
bring to screeching halt
put half nelson on
gridlock
jam up
pour cold water on
put chill on
cool
cork
throw cold water on
tie up
seclude
break off
carve
desist from
extirpate
usurp
break up
knock off
exsect
sever
extract
give over
close
blockade
screen
beleaguer
void
abrogate
null
unsay
contradict
undo
call
abandon
vacate
abort
unpublish
eradicate
gainsay
give up
do without
take away
disannul
make void
dismantle
lift
counterorder
render invalid
desert
jilt
scorn
cry off
call back
refute
repulse
disdain
repel
eschew
forsake
despise
burn
unfollow
unfriend
strike down
declare invalid
blank out
cancel out
blue pencil
stamp out
render null and void
roll back
root out
sweep away
X out
snuff out
score
trim
X-out
snip
scratch out
bleep
decontaminate
terminate
squelch
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
clean
fence off
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
scoff at
break with
swear off
kick someone in the teeth
have nothing more to do with
foreswear
rebut
disprove
shed
subtract
pack up
pack in
sanitise
UK
sterilise
UK
explode
disaffirm
debunk
contest
discredit
challenge
withhold
renege on
back down
reel in
have change of heart
retrograde
welsh
fall back
retreat
take in
back off
eat your words
change one's mind
recede
eat one's words
forget it
apologise
UK
nig
go back on
change one's tune
back out
do a U-turn on
apologize
US
retrocede
draw back
row back on
withcall
backtrack on
do an about-turn on
declare untrue
controvert
counter
disconfirm
dissent from
clean up
Tippex out
declare taboo
disagree with
confute
shut down
say no
contravene
begrudge
disbelieve
shoot full of holes
withsay
curb
take exception to
call on
enjoin from
shoot down in flames
doubt
disagree
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
hold back
sacrifice
put the chill on
give the red light to
put the kibosh on
bundle off
remove by force
pack off
give the 1-2-3
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reduce in intensity
ease
moderate
lessen
lighten
soften
blunt
deaden
dull
lower
numb
reduce
still
calm
diminish
anaesthetize
UK
anesthetize
US
quiet
tone down
take pressure off
take the edge off
let up on
mitigate
decrease
abate
temper
assuage
weaken
palliate
relieve
alleviate
allay
dampen
cushion
subdue
soothe
mollify
quell
muffle
damp
attenuate
restrain
check
suppress
minimize
US
smother
stifle
dilute
minimise
UK
depress
impair
mute
benumb
qualify
curb
extenuate
cut
depreciate
curtail
tranquilize
US
paralyse
UK
cool
gentle
placate
ebb
lenify
buffer
damp down
thin
de-escalate
tranquillize
UK
cauterize
US
paralyze
US
cut down
wind down
take the bite out
take the sting out
ease off
cauterise
UK
obtund
put a damper on
get rid of
put an end to
modulate
regulate
discount
degrade
silence
mask
quieten
mellow
taper
shrink
contract
wane
subside
decrement
erode
kill
dwindle
downsize
gruntle
sap
cut back
wear away
roll back
peter out
wear down
slake
sate
appease
tail off
water down
deplete
enfeeble
disable
debilitate
desensitize
US
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cripple
undermine
relax
injure
freeze
deprive
destroy
slow
consume
incapacitate
tire
retard
KO
dim
stun
drown
exhaust
frustrate
unnerve
stupefy
repress
gas
etherize
dope
chloroform
knock out
put out of order
lay out
put to sleep
make lighter
shift
unload
uplight
disburden
free
disencumber
change
comfort
empty
jettison
levitate
unburden
take
eradicate
facilitate
remove
ameliorate
upraise
soft-pedal
make less intense
put damper on
put the lid on
put off
throw out
reduce weight
pour out
make less
take a load off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)
lay close
lay near
remained close
remained near
stayed close
stayed near
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 action of forcing or throwing something out
ejection
discharge
dismissal
removal
expulsion
firing
sacking
cashiering
lay-off
notice
ousting
redundancy
axing
boot
bullet
defenestration
heave-ho
push
sack
chop
dislodgement
old heave-ho
the boot
the sack
turfing out
one's cards
layoff
unemployment
axe
UK
furlough
ax
US
joblessness
termination
severance
job loss
retirement
redundance
the axe
marching orders
laying-off
displacement
ouster
deposition
pink slip
deposal
unseating
dethronement
dethroning
banishment
walking papers
throwing out
dislodgment
release
congé
kiss-off
bounce
the push
the bum's rush
the old heave-ho
your books
the order of the boot
demobilization
US
demobilisation
UK
the elbow
the door
old heave ho
toppling
bum's rush
purge
overthrow
overturning
downfall
supplanting
ejecting
demotion
expelling
withdrawal
drumming out
installation
impeachment
forcing out
degradation
unfrocking
driving out
removal from office
elimination
replacement
elbow
end
adjournment
relegation
suspension
dissolution
laying off
permission to go
freedom
deportation
liberation
cold shoulder
door
freedom to depart
expatriation
exorcism
housecleaning
exile
ostracism
eviction
dispossession
permission
freeing
more ❯
Noun
▲
A cessation of work by employees in protest at the terms set by their employers
stoppage
strike
walkout
lay-off
standstill
go-slow
layoff
lockout
sit-down
slowdown
industrial action
wildcat strike
work stoppage
work to rule
job action
general strike
lightning strike
work-to-rule
protest
revolt
rebellion
mutiny
withdrawal of labour
sick-in
blue flu
sickout
labor protest
stop-work
tie-up
stickout
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