LAID OFF Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

laid off

verb

past tense of lay off

as in stopped

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one

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During the video, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked directly through the scene, stopped, beat their chest, and walked away.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Towa might not share her girlfriend’s passion for musicals, but that hasn’t stopped Rapp from dragging her to them anyway.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

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The site became available on the heels of two bankruptcies and the ultimate implosion of Rite-Aid, which ceased operations in October 2025 after closing all of its remaining physical stores.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Her room was undecorated and gray, crowded with machines whose chorus of irritating beeping never ceased.

— Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026

Definition of ceased

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Firefighters also halted a blaze in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and officials reported damage to commercial and residential property in two additional districts.

— Greg Myre, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Farther down the same rice belt, Indonesia's agriculture ministry counts more than 30,000 hectares of rice hit by drought, over 12,000 of them a total loss, in a country that recently halted rice imports in the name of self-sufficiency.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of halted

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In March 2023, for instance, Honduras broke off formal relations with Taiwan and established ties with Beijing.

— Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026
With the tight ends The Chiefs’ tight ends broke off to work on a blocking drill at the start.

— Pete Grathoff July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of broke off

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Conversely, your favorite game might get left off the list, so if that's the case, be sure to scream at me about it in the comments section.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
On July 9, Block settled with 46 states for $45 million over Cash App’s fraud controls, a coordinated state action that picked up where a January 2025 CFPB order left off.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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