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| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 41 |
| def | dismiss, usually for economic reasons |
| examples | She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate |
| Derivationally related form | lay off → layoff |
| Hyponym | downsize |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | layoff → lay off |
| Hyponym | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate |
| Hypernym | downsize |
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