get vs lay off

get

verb
  • To begin (doing something or to do something). 

  • To be. Used to form the passive of verbs. 

  • To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution. 

  • To cause to become; to bring about. 

  • To kill. 

  • To receive. 

  • To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable). 

  • To getter. 

  • To obtain; to acquire. 

  • To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service). 

  • To have. See usage notes. 

  • To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state). 

  • To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc). 

  • To cause to do. 

  • To fetch, bring, take. 

  • To become, or cause oneself to become. 

  • To understand. (compare get it) 

  • To catch out, trick successfully. 

  • To find as an answer. 

  • To hear completely; catch. 

  • To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.). 

  • Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose. 

  • To go, to leave; to scram. 

  • To become ill with or catch (a disease). 

  • To measure. 

  • To cover (a certain distance) while travelling. 

  • To perplex, stump. 

  • To cause to come or go or move. 

noun
  • Lineage. 

  • Something gained; an acquisition. 

  • A git. 

  • A difficult return or block of a shot. 

  • A Jewish writ of divorce. 

lay off

verb
  • To cease, quit, stop (doing something). 

  • In painting, to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat of paint so as to remove visible roller- or brush-marks, commonly using a dry brush; a similar technique, but using a loaded laying-off brush, may produce a smooth coat of paint when using a roller or the usual brush techniques would leave marks. 

  • To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk. 

  • To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart. 

  • (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package. 

  • To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone. 

How often have the words get and lay off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )