lay off
Betekenis (Engels)
- (US, idiomatic, transitive) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
- (transitive) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
- (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
- (ambitransitive) In painting, to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat of paint so as to remove visible roller- or brush-marks, commonly using a dry brush; a similar technique, but using a loaded laying-off brush, may produce a smooth coat of paint when using a roller or the usual brush techniques would leave marks.
- (transitive) To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.
Sinonieme
make redundant
ostrasize
fling aside
staking-out
toss aside
discharge from
give the bounce
laying-out
dismiss from office
relieve of one’s post
Vertalings
licencier
entlassen
ontslaan
despedir
licenziare per crisi
despedir
هزم
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