All lay off synonyms

verb lay off

• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• let up — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• fire — combustion
• oust — to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• pay off — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.