lay off

Meaning

  1. (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.
  2. To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
  3. To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
  4. To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
  5. 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.
  6. To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.

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