LAYING OFF (OF) Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

laying off (of)

verb

present participle of lay off (of)

as in abandoning

to stop doing (something) permanently we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking

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For Roman's team, the prospect of abandoning the telescope just before the finish line hit hard.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Still, the numbers do not show that investors are broadly abandoning Bitcoin for Solana.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of abandoning

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The bill is a response to the federal government’s discontinuing production of pennies.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
The magazine claims that the company considered moving production of the four-door away from its primary factory in Stuttgart, Germany, as well as discontinuing it even sooner, before settling on gradually phasing out the model by 2030.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of discontinuing

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Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Hep Spyder blamed Dwight for Buffo Carducci’s quitting on him back when Dwight was Hep’s tent boss.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of quitting

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But doing this while maintaining any semblance of balance in her own life meant giving up a well-paying job as a health care professional.

— Jim King, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Aryna Sabalenka isn't giving up the mesh Remember when the tennis fashion police threw a certified hissy fit over Aryna Sabalenka's black mesh kit?

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of giving up

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Saturday night and early Sunday have a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, which the chance dropping to 30% during the day Sunday and climbing to a 60% chance late Sunday and early Monday, the forecast showed.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026
After dropping its second game of the season at SMU, the Hurricanes rattled off four consecutive wins to get the final at-large spot into the 12-team College Football Playoff field.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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