lay off someone/something



lay off (someone/something)

in. to stop bothering or harming someone or something; to stop being concerned about someone or something. Lay off the booze for a while, why don’t ya?
See also: lay, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZachZAKEnglish
Annamaria-Italian
Bobette
Alexeiah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Pallab-Bengali
Celinoche-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)