lay off (sth/sb)
informal— phrasal verb with lay uk/leɪ/us/leɪ/verb laid
to stop using or doing something:
You'd better lay off alcohol for a while.
Why can't you lay off (= stop criticizing or hurting) the kid for once!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stop having or doing something
- abdicate
- bail out
- bandh
- break with sth
- butt out
- cede
- drop
- fly
- forwent
- ghost
- give (sth) up
- give sb up
- give sth up as a bad job idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- grow
- subjugate
- take a back seat idiom
- throw (sth) up
- throw in the towel idiom 1
- towel
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