lay off
فعل- (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
- To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
- To cease, quit, stop (doing something). · Lay off the singing, will you! I'm trying to study.· When are you gonna lay off smoking?
- To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone. · Just lay off, okay! I've had enough!· Things have been better since the boss has been laying off a little.
- In painting, to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat of paint so as to remove visible roller- or brush-marks, commonly using a dry brush; a similar technique, but using a loaded laying-off brush, may produce a smooth coat of paint when using a roller or the usual brush techniques would leave marks. · He shows me how to lay off the paint — and moves his paintbrush across the section he had already painted, again and again.
- To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.
من المكتبة
Come and lay off your things, Rachel.
تعلّم lay off في نصوص حقيقية
مع حساب مجاني، مرّر المؤشر فوق أي كلمة في المكتبة لترى معناها، واستمع إليها مقروءة بصوت عالٍ، واحفظ الكلمات لمراجعتها في مواعيد تناسب ذاكرتك، واعرف مقدار ما تعرفه من كل كتاب.