to lay off cigarettes

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• lay off — {v. phr.} 1. To mark out the boundaries or limits. * /He laid off a baseball diamond on the vacant lot./ Compare: LAY OUT(5). 2. To put out of work. * /The company lost the contract for making the shoes and laid off half its workers./ 3. {slang}… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay off — {v. phr.} 1. To mark out the boundaries or limits. * /He laid off a baseball diamond on the vacant lot./ Compare: LAY OUT(5). 2. To put out of work. * /The company lost the contract for making the shoes and laid off half its workers./ 3. {slang}… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay\ off — v. phr. 1. To mark out the boundaries or limits. He laid off a baseball diamond on the vacant lot. Compare: lay out(5) 2. To put out of work. The company lost the contract for making the shoes and laid off half its workers. 3. slang To stop… …   Словарь американских идиом

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