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    [Noun]  | "lay*off" | \ ˈlā-ˌȯf \


    1: a period of inactivity or idleness

    2: the act of laying off an employee or a workforce; also : shutdown

    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Verb]  | "lay off" 


    1: to mark or measure off

    2: to cease to employ (a worker) often temporarily

    3: to place all or part of (an accepted bet) with another bookie to reduce the risk

    Origin: 1748 ;

    [Verb]  | "lie off" 


    1: to hold back in the early part of a race

    2: to keep a little away from the shore or another ship

    3: to cease work for a time

    Origin: 1573 ;

    [Noun]  | "layoff" 


    1: the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily;


      * e.g., " ... even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff "



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    2: a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness;


      * e.g., " ... after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape "



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    [Verb]  | "lay off" 


    1: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one "



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    [Verb]  | "lay off (of)" 


    1: to stop doing (something) permanently;


      * e.g., " ... we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking "




     [ "lay off" ]

    1: Leave alone, stop being mean to.

      * e.g.,  ... "Lay off me, I'm a good bloke" 

     [ "lay off" ]

    1: To stop doing something,or using something.

      * e.g.,  ... Back in the days,I was so obsessed over sweets,I couldn't lay off over them. 

     [ "Lay off the grass" ]

    1: Stop smoking weed. Or talk to me when your not high

      * e.g.,  ... "what'd u say?" x5 

     [ "lay off beard" ]

    1: Not quite the same as the playoff beard. The lay off beard is when you stop shaving every day because you got laid off, and there's really no point anymore, is there?

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: "Dude, did you forget to shave... for like a week?" Guy 2: "Oh, it's my lay off beard. Go fuck your sister." 

     [ "Lay off the sauce" ]

    1: Give up alcohol. It is usually said of someone who drinks too much.

      * e.g.,  ... You'd rather lay off the sauce, Jack, or else you'll soon count worms. 

     [ "Lay off the shrooms" ]

    1: Something that is said to somebody in jest when they make a statement that is so outrageous, it would seem that their mind has been affected by the use of the psychedelic drug.

      * e.g.,  ... Rob: i was listening to some slayer earlier \m/ Vince: yeah they're just alright. You know, they're okay. Rob: You need to lay off the shrooms bro, you're trippin'. Slayer is fucking awesome! 

     [ "Lay off the bong" ]

    1: A phrase that people use when their linked to the Mandela Effect

      * e.g.,  ... “So I think whoever is apart of this whole mandela stuff is usng this to make it look like were not stuck in a different universe” Bob(works for government): Heyy lay off the bong bruh. The Mandela affect is stupid 

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