lay off's Usage Examples:

When a large bet comes in, a bookmaker may also try to lay off the risk by buying bets from other bookmakers.

Railway Workers Union against plans of the South Indian Railway Company to lay off over 3,100 workers in order to reduce the expenditures of the company.

"lay off" a pitch.

Pitchers tempt hitters to swing at pitches they cannot hit; batters try to lay off such pitches.

"Batters can't seem to lay off his.

The player can lay off that king, reducing the deadwood count by ten.

The knocking player can never lay off their deadwood into the defending.

After a lengthy lay off, the Championship had its third title in New Caledonia 2018.

The player may then meld or lay off, which are both optional, before discarding a single card to the top of.

"Ziff Davis has bought Mashable at a fire sale price and plans to lay off 50 people".

lack of sponsorship caused the organization to close all of its teams and lay off most of its employees.

a severe budget deficit, Omeruo said that the government would have to lay off 40% of its workers so it could pay the others on time and address developmental.

affect his employees and the town he created for them, refused advice to lay off workers and instead directed the company to find an alternate means of.

Many were forced to lay off employees, and in particular, let go skilled technicians and engineers.

the 1960s, which has forced the sector to streamline its operations and lay off the majority of the local employment.

"Fist City," where Lynn threatens to beat down a woman if she doesn't lay off her man.

As soon as an Unter is melded, the next player must lay off next to it a card of the same suit that ranks one above or below it.

Shyp CEO Kevin Gibbon announced that the company would shut down and lay off all its employees.

Synonyms:

knock off; break; shut off; call it quits; cease; close off; discontinue; retire; pull the plug; quit; call it a day; leave off; cheese; give up; sign off; stop; withdraw; drop;

Antonyms:

continue; unify; respect; keep; explode;