lay off
US /le ɔf/
・UK /lei ɔf/
A2TOEIC
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo stop troubling or hitting someone
You should lay off the boy and not scold him so much
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo stop employing a worker, e.g. temporarily
We have no choice but to lay off our oldest workers, we can't afford their wages
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo stop doing or using something, especially something harmful.
Lay off the sweets if you want to lose weight.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbRemained at a distance from the shore or a port.
The ship lay off for three days before entering the harbor.
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Why can’t prices just stay the same?
- And ultimately, they lay off employees.
And ultimately, they lay off employees.
- They start to cut costs. And ultimately they lay off employees.
They start to cut costs. And ultimately they lay off employees.
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- And so in that context, employers tend to be more hesitant to lay off workers.
And so in that context, employers tend to be more hesitant to lay off workers.
- hesitant to lay off workers.
hesitant to lay off workers.
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- And the reason is because of its people, because the woman I met in North Carolina who decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now has a job from that new training that she's gotten, because a company in Minnesota who was willing to give up salaries and perks for their executives to make sure that they didn't lay off workers during a recession, the auto workers that you meet in Toledo or Detroit, take such pride in building the best cars in the world, not just because of a paycheck, but
And the reason is because of its people, because the woman I met in North Carolina who decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now has a job from that new training that she's gotten, because a company in Minnesota who was willing to give up salaries and perks for their executives to make sure that they didn't lay off workers during a recession, the auto workers that you meet in Toledo or Detroit, take such pride in building the best cars in the world, not just because of a paycheck, but
- to make sure that they didn't lay off workers during a recession.
to make sure that they didn't lay off workers during a recession.
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- We have the power if we use it to say, hey, Donald Trump, we're not gonna let you lay off all these people because we're not gonna fund all these things you wanna do.
We have the power if we use it to say, hey, Donald Trump, we're not gonna let you lay off all these people because we're not gonna fund all these things you wanna do.
- We have the power, if we use it, to say, "Hey, Donald Trump, we're not going to let you lay off all these people because we're not going to fund all these things you want to do.
We have the power, if we use it, to say, "Hey, Donald Trump, we're not going to let you lay off all these people because we're not going to fund all these things you want to do.
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- And the reason that I asked if it was possible for you to lay off the job hunt for now is because our brains are not designed to process this much newness at once,
And the reason that I asked if it was possible for you to lay off the job hunt for now is because our brains are not designed to process this much newness at once,
- And the reason that I asked if it was possible
for you to lay off the job hunt for now, is
And the reason that I asked if it was possible for you to lay off the job hunt for now, is
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- So they lay off the 20-somethings who just started working, right?
So they lay off the 20-somethings who just started working, right?
- So they lay off the 20-somethings who just started working, right?
So they lay off the 20-somethings who just started working, right?
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- I've seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job.
I've seen it in the family business whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors and in the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job.
- I've seen it in the family business, whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors,
I've seen it in the family business, whose owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors,
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- Then for lunch, I kind of lay off the carbs.
Then for lunch, I kind of lay off the carbs.
- Then for lunch, I kind of lay off the carbs.
Then for lunch, I kind of lay off the carbs.
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- All of the company's board members quit, and the company announced plans to lay off 40% of its employees and discontinue its therapeutics division, which had been working to develop cancer drugs.
All of the company's board members quit, and the company announced plans to lay off 40% of its employees and discontinue its therapeutics division, which had been working to develop cancer drugs.
- and the company announced plans to lay off 40% of its employees and discontinue its therapeutics division, which had been working to develop cancer drugs.
and the company announced plans to lay off 40% of its employees and discontinue its therapeutics division, which had been working to develop cancer drugs.
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- He was talking about like call centers in, where was it, Indonesia or the Philippines, where they're going to lay off 80% of the people.
He was talking about like call centers in, where was it, Indonesia or the Philippines, where they're going to lay off 80% of the people.
- He was talking about like call centers in, where was it Indonesia or the Philippines where they're going to lay off 80% of the people.
He was talking about like call centers in, where was it Indonesia or the Philippines where they're going to lay off 80% of the people.