lay off (v.)
- abandon
- abort
- aestivate
- belay
- blueprint
- boot
- bounce
- bound
- break
- breathe
- bump
- bust
- can
- cancel
- cashier
- cease
- chart
- circumscribe
- define
- defrock
- degrade
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demote
- deplume
- depose
- deprive
- desist
- determine
- diagram
- disbar
- discharge
- discontinue
- dismiss
- displace
- displume
- enclose
- end
- expel
- fire
- fix
- furlough
- graph
- halt
- hibernate
- hold
- kick
- map
- pause
- plot
- quit
- recess
- refrain
- release
- relinquish
- remove
- renounce
- replace
- retire
- sack
- scrub
- secure
- sketch
- specify
- spell
- stay
- stop
- strike
- strip
- superannuate
- surround
- suspend
- terminate
- unfrock