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lay off
Found in thesaurus: force out, terminate, dismiss, sack, can, give notice, send away, give the axe, give the sack, fire
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lay off
postpone; fire, dismiss from a job
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Layoff
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lay off
Verb
1. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
(synonym) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit
(hyponym) drop, knock off
2. dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
(synonym) furlough
(hypernym) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
(derivation) layoff
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lay off
stop bothering, leave alone The players were told by the coach to lay off teasing the new player so that he could relax before the game.
lay off (someone)
get rid of workers when business is bad Six hundred workers at the automobile factory were recently laid off.
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lay off
پائین انداختن یا در اصطلاح به باز و جمع کردن ابزارها گویند
L/O
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