Definition for Lay off:

• put an end to a state or an activity; " Quit teasing your little brother"

Synonyms for Lay off:

• n.

  •
  • pause.
  •
  • pension off,
  • retire,
  • pay off.
  •
  • let go.
  •
  • desist.
  •lay off (noun)
  • discontinue,
  • give up,
  • cease,
  • quit,
  • stop.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • defrock,
  • pink slip.
  •
  • eject,
  • sack.
  •
  • remit.
  •
  • can.
  •
  • bump.
  •discharge
  • give notice,
  • let out,
  • boot out.
  •dismiss
  • unfrock,
  • give the heave-ho,
  • give the gate,
  • Disemploy,
  • furlough,
  • give the ax.
  •Other relevant words:
  • drum out,
  • stay,
  • mark out,
  • graph,
  • map out,
  • map,
  • forfeit,
  • cashier,
  • boot,
  • retire early,
  • delimit,
  • surrender,
  • lie fallow,
  • surplus,
  • give over,
  • define,
  • break,
  • kick upstairs,
  • step off,
  • bound,
  • unseat,
  • disbar,
  • shut down,
  • expel,
  • leave alone,
  • conclude,
  • shunt,
  • call it a day,
  • scrub,
  • terminate,
  • release,
  • aestivate,
  • rope off,
  • circumscribe,
  • check,
  • recess,
  • kick out,
  • depose,
  • deplume,
  • contain,
  • specify,
  • sketch out,
  • pace out,
  • surround,
  • measure off,
  • relinquish,
  • hold,
  • side,
  • fix,
  • superannuate,
  • pack in,
  • lie by,
  • kick,
  • lie to,
  • take time out,
  • refrain,
  • free,
  • depart,
  • set by,
  • foist,
  • go on strike,
  • put aside,
  • plot,
  • demarcate,
  • lie off,
  • set out,
  • pace off,
  • lie dormant,
  • replace,
  • close down,
  • lay to,
  • send packing,
  • bounce,
  • hibernate,
  • take a break,
  • diagram,
  • break off,
  • toss out,
  • push aside,
  • take five,
  • lie up,
  • throw out,
  • strip,
  • cancel,
  • bust,
  • end,
  • cut it out,
  • blueprint,
  • turn off,
  • measure out,
  • spell,
  • displace,
  • cede,
  • swear off,
  • remove,
  • enclose,
  • abandon,
  • demote,
  • have done with,
  • lay out,
  • halt,
  • stop for breath,
  • limit,
  • cut,
  • take ten,
  • belay,
  • give a rest,
  • chart,
  • be over,
  • leave off,
  • finish,
  • renounce,
  • mark off,
  • determine,
  • secure,
  • breathe,
  • rest,
  • rule,
  • displume,
  • degrade,
  • walk out,
  • deprive,
  • close shop,
  • drop it,
  • discard,
  • measure,
  • sketch,
  • throw in the towel,
  • drop,
  • delimitate,
  • strike.

Antonyms for Lay off:

• v.

  • stop doing
    employ, start, begin, hire.
  • Other antonyms:
    impel, uphold, drive.

Homophones for Lay off:

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