lay off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to dismiss workers because their jobs are no longer required or affordable

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   lay someone off / lay off someone

   Usage: The employer is the subject and the dismissed workers are the object. A pronoun precedes off.

   The factory laid off forty workers when its largest contract ended.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The factory laid off forty workers when its largest contract ended.

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