lay off

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil (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.

   “Four months after arriving in Denver, I was laid off when the pandemic hit. I took on freelance work, whatever I could get, to cover my expenses and stay afloat.”

2. fiil To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
3. fiil To cease, quit, stop (doing something).

   “Lay off the singing, will you! I'm trying to study.”

4. fiil To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.

   “Just lay off, okay! I've had enough!”

5. fiil 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.

   “He shows me how to lay off the paint — and moves his paintbrush across the section he had already painted, again and again.”

6. fiil To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.
7. fiil simple past of lie off