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layoffnoun the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarilyeven senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff ax(or axe), discharge, dismissal, furlough, redundancy(chiefly British) pink slipbird(chiefly British), boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sackclosing, shutdownshakeout, shake-up callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring a period of often involuntary inactivity or idlenessafter such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape downtime, time-out, winter break, breath, breather, interruption, lull, pause, recessabeyance, doldrums, dormancy, latency, quiescence, suspense, suspension to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endyou need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one break, break off, break up, can(slang), cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop complete, conclude, finishclose (down)deactivateblock, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stemcall, suspendarrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn backpause, stay, suspendabolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff have done with, put the kibosh on carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run onadvance, proceed, progressactuate, drive, impel, propel, stir in 1748 |