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What is another word for
lay off
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▲
Verb
To discontinue or stop doing something
To fire or relieve from employment
To refuse to provide (as per usual)
To demote or downgrade
Bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault
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, typically in protest
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Verb
▲
To discontinue or stop doing something
stop
cease
quit
discontinue
end
halt
drop
break
can
desist
kick
rest
spell
break off
desist from
cut out
leave off
give up
knock off
break up
cut off
refrain from
give over
abstain from
shut off
pack in
pack up
let up
not continue
leave alone
lie by
stop doing
give a rest
forgo
abandon
renounce
suspend
finish
swear off
eschew
conclude
do without
call a halt to
terminate
bring to an end
forsake
forbear from
avoid
abstain
withhold from
belay
put an end to
surcease
lay off of
wind up
relinquish
go without
keep off
dispense with
interrupt
cut short
call it quits
forswear
jack in
ditch
call it a day
forego
steer clear of
refrain
keep from
put a stop to
forbear
bring to a halt
have done with
resist
pass up
restrain from
shun
stay away from
close
axe
UK
elapse
ax
US
not touch
get off
determine
check
withdraw
curb
dead-end
wink out
hold back
pull the plug on
resign from
skip
ignore
pass on
rein in
hold off
deny oneself
refuse
pull out of
lapse
leave out
pass
expire
cancel
withhold
go
die
abjure
intermit
kick the habit
restrain oneself from
cut
resist the temptation to
quit cold
close down
cut it out
intervene
get out of
scrub
obstruct
block
call off
scrap
bring to a close
stop oneself from
skip out on
bring to a stop
shake
pack it in
sacrifice
pause
keep
kick over
put the kibosh on
stand down from
chuck
let alone
call a halt
turn aside from
prevent oneself from
not give in to
cease to indulge in
reject
come to an end
adjourn
recess
disrupt
hold back from
give something up
resign
not do
yield
call a stop to
escape from
go cold turkey
close off
prevent
bring to end
waive
bar
staunch
blow the whistle on
put a sock in
bring to a standstill
stem
stall
impede
nip in the bud
arrest
put a cork in
endure
dispense
close out
come to a close
stay
culminate
shut down
back off
die down
fail
quit cold turkey
sew up
get on the wagon
wrap up
hang it up
take the cure
shy from
interfere with
cut into
disturb
say goodbye to
break into
get rid of
do away with
bag it
separate
knock something on the head
interpose
abolish
disunite
give the chop
disconnect
disjoin
blow off
dissever
kill
phase out
part
give something a miss
keep away from
manage without
throw in the towel
forlet
stop trying
throw in the sponge
snub
carve
eliminate
isolate
exsect
sever
exclude
marginalize
US
extirpate
extract
usurp
remove
overlook
oust
excise
delete
cut dead
take away
take out
marginalise
UK
scratch
turn your back on
divorce
rescind
part with
cry off
withdraw from
throw up
eighty-six
retire from
abort
revoke
finish with
dust off
part from
wipe out
remit
jilt
shelve
break with
write off
repeal
forget about
forfeit
fight shy of
escape
inhibit
restrain
decline
stop oneself
restrain yourself
bridle
evade
decline to
give a wide berth to
omit
go easy
preclude
bypass
back off from
shrink from
check out from
kibosh
call it quits on
surcease from
disregard
elide
prohibit
miss out
cast aside
give up on
jack it in
sit out
avoid doing something
have nothing to do with
take the pledge
go on the wagon
be temperate
hinder
stay away
head off
fend off
sidestep
dodge
stave off
negate
make up for
circumvent
get around
avert
steer clear
nullify
obviate
ward off
neutralize
US
shake off
counterbalance
break the habit of
withstand
shirk
help
neutralise
UK
skirt
counteract
anticipate
except
miss
pass by
pretermit
not bother
pass over
count out
let something slide
fail to include
slight
fail to mention
repudiate
dismiss
shut out
overpass
skip over
factor out
overleap
erase
forget
disown
disinherit
discard
desert
throw off
turn
wash your hands of
tergiversate
sell out
walk out on
toss over
divorce oneself from
cast off
defect
apostatize
tergiverse
apostacize
have nothing more to do with
dump
throw over
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
oust
terminate
can
drop
suspend
make redundant
boot out
let go
send packing
give someone the sack
give someone the boot
give someone the bullet
give the heave-ho
give someone the push
give someone their cards
give the elbow
give someone their marching orders
give notice to
give the old heave-ho
pay off
give the chop
retire early
give the axe
give their cards
show the door
axe
UK
kick out
ax
US
get rid of
remove
cashier
throw out
give someone their notice
retire
pink-slip
expel
bounce
unseat
turf out
give notice
boot
muster out
turn off
depose
give someone the big E
dethrone
give the sack to
deprive of office
eject
displace
turf
bump
impeach
give walking papers
defenestrate
out
defrock
hand walking papers
declare redundant
shelve
pink slip
disemploy
give someone the pink slip
bin off
give someone the air
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
give warning
cast out
give marching orders
kiss off
ship
give a pink slip
cut
unmake
terminate employment
give the push to
give the boot to
give the bullet to
overthrow
uncrown
unthrone
debar
give someone their P45
ditch
discrown
throw someone out on their ear
show the gate to
dump
bring down
remove from office
discard
run out of town
nix
relieve of duty
excuse
lock out
freeze out
supersede
replace
bust
ride out on rail
shed
dehire
unhire
give someone his or her walking papers
put away
give one's cards
give pink slip
give bum's rush
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
deprive
overturn
usurp
chuck out
eliminate
remove from power
degrade
relegate
break
unhorse
extrude
see the back of
send away
throw
heave
vote someone out
demote
move on
downgrade
court martial
defeat
triumph
overwhelm
eighty-six
chase out
chuck
upset
subvert
strip of rank
move
transfer
give heave-ho
reposition
abolish
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
budge
abstract
dislocate
pension off
force to retire
take down
put out to grass
sever connections
force to give up work
put out to pasture
unsettle
disthrone
disenthrone
expatriate
excommunicate
bar
repatriate
extradite
ban
outlaw
proscribe
isolate
rusticate
set aside
extradict
drive off
sequester
do away with
shake off
drive away
chase away
disband
disperse
demobilize
US
liberate
dispatch
rid
bundle
clear
demobilise
UK
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 refuse to provide (as per usual)
stop
withhold
suspend
curb
detain
hold back
retain
arrest
cease
constrain
cut off
deny
inhibit
keep back
suppress
check
discontinue
hold off on
refuse
stifle
put on hold
put on ice
refuse to pay
Verb
▲
To demote or downgrade
sideline
relegate
demote
downgrade
dismiss
Verb
▲
Bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault
abort
halt
arrest
check
end
stop
terminate
scrub
ax
US
axe
UK
call off
cease
discontinue
finish
nullify
abandon
bring
call
cancel
drop
recall
repeal
rescind
revoke
scrap
suspend
desist
cry off
interrupt
pull up
quit
scratch
cut short
pack in
break off
cut off
stop midstream
call a halt
call it quits
knock it off
pull the plug on
conclude
close
expire
dissolve
complete
abolish
annul
break up
put an end to
bring to an end
put a stop to
let up
elapse
lapse
pass
determine
belay
wind up
wrap
adjourn
dead-end
leave off
close out
wrap up
wind down
come to an end
round out
knock off
round off
wink out
call a halt to
go
die
eliminate
extinguish
curb
bring to a conclusion
bring to a close
run out
bring to an untimely end
resolve
break
can
relinquish
sunder
settle
ultimate
consummate
crown
cut out
call it a day
desist from
pull the plug
sew up
get shut of
nip in the bud
get done
give up
pack it in
knock something on the head
end up
get shot of
put the lid on
switch off
put paid to
shut off
top off
give over
shut down
give the chop
pack up
finish off
dispose of
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
relieve
decrease
temper
mitigate
soothe
abate
assuage
alleviate
mollify
allay
palliate
subdue
cushion
lenify
dampen
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 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
the old heave-ho
the boot
the sack
turfing out
one's cards
layoff
termination
marching orders
laying-off
unemployment
axe
UK
furlough
ax
US
joblessness
severance
job loss
retirement
redundance
the axe
idleness
bounce
release
congé
elbow
kiss-off
the push
pink slip
the door
your books
the bum's rush
the order of the boot
worklessness
demobilization
US
demobilisation
UK
termination of employment
bum's rush
old heave ho
walking papers
downsizing
respite
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
cutback
streamlining
reduction in force
letting go
early retirement
banishment
eviction
displacement
exile
ouster
expatriation
suspension
deportation
relegation
dislodgment
deposition
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
protest
revolt
rebellion
mutiny
job action
general strike
lightning strike
work-to-rule
withdrawal of labour
sick-in
blue flu
sickout
labor protest
stop-work
tie-up
stickout
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