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dismiss, usually for economic reasons
She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized -
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
How To Use lay off In A Sentence
- The relay offers an opportunity for millions of people to be directly involved in the games and celebrate the Queen's 50 years as British sovereign.
- In some respects, teams are almost penalized for converting first downs in the two-minute drill because it just takes that much longer to get the next play off.
- The two genres don't play off each other or give each other a fresh spin; they awkwardly coincide and never truly cross-fertilize. Michael Giltz: Cannes 2010 Day Four and Five: Mike Leigh's New Gem and Inside Job Rocks The Fest
- Whenever the opportunity presented itself, she did her level best to play off one faction against another, so as to reap from the resultant feud whatever benefit she could. The Fight for Democracy in China
- The patriarchate of Moscow was abolished by Peter the Great in 1721 and replaced by a Holy Synod of bishops which was controlled by a lay official, the chief procurator.
- Obviously we have to be balanced but the philosophy is to play offensive football. The Sun
- The driver and a teed-up 3-wood are the only clubs you want to play off your left heel. THE LAST GENIE
- Critics would also hope she seriously thinks about the wounds she will be reopening - and calls the play off.
- There is rising speculation that investment banks may lay off about 1,000 staff in London this autumn. Times, Sunday Times
- A tenth of its workforce are agency workers or temps, making them relatively easy to lay off. Times, Sunday Times