Lay off

Lay off the singing, will you! I'm trying to study.

When are you gonna lay off smoking?

Just lay off, okay! I've had enough!

Things have been better since the boss has been laying off a little.

I told him to lay off me but he wouldn't stop.

Lay off it, already!

First Xavier (Vernon Chatman): You're about as deep as a bowl of soup, and your tongue is as sharp as a soup spoon. Second Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Hey, say what you want about me, but lay off the soup.

At any pro paint shop ask for laying off brushes. These are natural bristle, wide, thin brushes designed for tipping off, not for holding a paint load. (Sourced from a web forum exchange)

He shows me how to lay off the paint — and moves his paintbrush across the section he had already painted, again and again.