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1
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
- even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff
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2
a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness
- after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of lay off (Entry 2 of 2)
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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The first known use of layoff was in 1748
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