💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lay off"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| quitverb | (usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. |
| discontinueverb | (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying. |
| ceaseverb | (formal, intransitive) To stop. |
| give upverb | (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) |
| stopverb | (intransitive) To cease moving. |
| furloughnoun | A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs. |
| terminateverb | (transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state. |
| disemployverb | (transitive) To deprive of employment. |
| give the sackverb | (idiomatic, colloquial, transitive) To dismiss from employment |
| hand someone their cardsverb | (idiomatic, slang, British, Ireland) To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant. |
| give someone their cardsverb | (slang, idiomatic, British, Ireland) To dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant. |
| let goverb | (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on. |
| let someone goverb | (idiomatic, euphemistic) To dismiss someone from an employment position or a relationship. |
| dismissverb | (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of. |
| turn offverb | (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). |
| sacknoun | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel. |
| dischargenoun | (medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. |
| get the sackverb | (idiomatic, chiefly British) To be dismissed from employment. |
| give the axeverb | (informal, idiomatic) To fire (dismiss from employment). |
| downsizeverb | (transitive) To reduce the workforce of. |
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