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lay off
verb- in betting, for one bookmaker to place a bet with another bookmaker to reduce the risk of loss AUSTRALIA, 1877
- Off-course bookmaking was illegal in New South Wales at that time and starting-price bookmakers like Tony found that the most accurate method of making a book was through research in the pubs of the city, checking on the odds being offered and laying off if the book became too heavy. — Robin Eakin, Aunts up the Cross, p. 38, 1965
- He knew all the dream books by heart, the Chinaman in the Daily News; he knew just when to lay off on certain numbers[.] — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 28, 1975
- You’ve got such heavy action on a horse, let’s say, you’re afraid he comes you’ll drown in winning slips, you lay off some of it with another book. — Robert Campbell, Juice, pp. 192–193, 1988
- [B]ookmakers giving to another firm all or part of a bet they’ve laid[.] — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 60, 1991
- to stop aggravating or interfering, to cease US, 1908
Often as an imperative. - Press should lay off TV stars, says GMTV’s [Penny] Smith — The Guardian, 31 October 2002
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