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1. (verb) (transitive) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a w:Severance package/severance package.
2. (verb) (transitive) (of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
3. (verb) (transitive/idiom) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
4. (verb) (transitive/and/intransitive/idiom) To stop bothering, annoying, tease/teasing, pestering, pressure/pressuring, being aggressive with, or hovering over someone; to leave (someone) alone.