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verb (inf=to lay off, lays off, laying off, laid off)
  1. (context, of an employer) (transitive) To dismiss workers at a time of low business volume; to make redundant.
  2. (context, of a bookmaker) (transitive) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
  3. (intransitive)(idiom) To stop doing something, especially to stop bothering someone.
Lay off singing, will you! I'm trying to study.
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