lie off

verb

lay off; lain off; lying off; lies off

: to hold back in the early part of a race

: to keep a little away from the shore or another ship

: to cease work for a time

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Just off Buoy No. 2, the Coast Guard hailed us again and told us to tie up to the Cleta, a commercial fishing vessel that was lying off the bar, and to save our gas and await our chance to be piloted in. —

Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024 Just a couple weeks ago, Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio announced plans to cut 10 academic programs and lay off 28 employees. —

Chris Muller, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 The spike in interest rates elicited gloomy forecasts of a recession from many economists, since high interest rates typically weigh on economic activity, causing businesses to slow investment and lay off workers. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024 Struggling to make debt payments, tribal officials soon were forced to slash spending for essential programs on the reservation and lay off dozens of employees. —

Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lie off