Phrasal Verbs

kickback n. Money that you illegally and secretly give to businesspeople or government
officials as a reward for giving you business is a kickback.
The FBI agent heard the governor asking for a kickback.
The reporter discovered that the loan was really a kickback.
2. kick back p.v. [informal] When you kick back, you relax.
It’s been a tough week. Tonight I’m going to kick back and watch TV.
Let’s kick back and watch the football game tonight.
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Infinitive: lay off
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
lay off & lays off
laying off
laid off
laid off
1. lay . . . off p.v. When a company no longer needs workers because it does not have enough
business, it temporarily or permanently lays off the workers.
Ford laid off 4,000 workers during the last recession.
My wife had to go back to work after I was laid off from my job.
layoff n. Jobs cut by a company because it does not have enough business are layoffs.
The company said there wouldn’t be any layoffs, despite the decline in profits.
2. lay off p.v. [informal] When you lay off people, you stop criticizing, teasing, or
pressuring them.
You’ve been bugging me all day. If you don’t lay off, you’re going to be sorry.
Lay off Nancy—she’s having a bad day.
3. lay off p.v. When you lay off something, such as a food or an activity, you stop consuming
the food or doing the activity.
Listen to the way you’re coughing. You’ve got to lay off cigarettes.
After Ned had a heart attack, he laid off pizza and buffalo wings.