Sentences with lay off
lay off
L l - 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit. [be VERB-ed PREPOSITION]
- He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- The firm had to lay off 100 men
- lay off me, will you!
- To lay a book on a desk.
- One punch laid him low.
- The dog laid its ears back.
- Their motives were laid bare.
- To lay hands on a child.
- To lay bricks.
- To lay a pipeline.
- To lay the foundations for further negotiations.
- I laid my case before the commission.
- To lay blame on the inspector.
- They laid him in the old churchyard.
- To lay an embargo on oil shipments.
- He laid $10 on the horse that won the third race.
- The scene is laid in France.
- To lay the nap of cloth.
- Laying the clouds of dust with a spray of water.
- Lay off the singing, will you! I'm trying to study. When are you gonna lay off smoking?
- Just lay off, okay! I've had enough!Things have been better since the boss has been laying off a little. I told him to lay off me but he wouldn't stop. Lay off it, already!
- When the wind lays, it'll rain.
- To lay aloft; to lay close to the wind.
- The lay of the land.
- She was glad to be told what a splendid person she was, but they didn't have to lay it on so much.
- They laid themselves out to see that the reception would be a success.