| 单词 | put off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasput off b. In figurative use, as to buy off, fall off, knock off, put off, etc. Cf. also sense A. 6a. ΚΠ α. β. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 170 With fayre wordes [he] put them off for that tyme.1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxxiv. sig. G4v One whom no rate can buy off from the least piece of his freedome.1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 268 They will fall off from what they have promised.1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World ix. 259 A small matter of Money will buy off a great Fault.1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. vii. 85 I mean it to be love, and I'm not going to be put off by Serjeant Bluestone.1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant xiv. 203 By the time the real weather comes along everybody has guessed wrong and knocked the market off a cent or two.1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks i. 25 You have to buy him off with a scrap of dole.1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 36 I was not put off by her tactics.2000 R. W. Holder Taunton Cider & Langdons iv. 18 In 1925 the miners were bought off for a time by an agreement for a minimum wage.eOE Laws of Ine (Corpus Cambr. 173) lxxiv. §2. 122 Buton he him wille fæhðe ofaceapian. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196v Þis stoon warneþ of venour as electrum doþ and putteþ of diuers dredes and feres. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxiv. 150 The kynge bought of sir Thomas Hallande,..and therle of Tankernyll, and payed for them twentie thousande nobles. put off a. Expressing separation from attachment, contact, or position on: not on or touching; (so as to be) loose or separate; as in to break off, cast off, cut off, put off, shake off, take off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > [adverb] offeOE outena1200 hereout?c1225 wayc1275 orf1845 α. β. lOE Canterbury Psalter: Canticles xvi. 8 Ego autem evaginato ab eo ipsius gladio amputavi caput eius : ic soðliches atæh from him his hagen sweord & achearf his heauod off.a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 29 Ȝif þin hefet were offe.c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 78 Hwen þe rinde is offe..hwiteð hit utewið.c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xix. 7 To ȝeue a litil boke of forsakynge, and to leeue off [v.r. forsake; L. dimittere].a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 172v In þe seuenþe ȝere..þay brennen offe þe brestes and þere fore þey were y-clepyd Amozones.?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 31 (MED) Do off þi schone of þi fete.c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 71 (MED) Of sum þay bate offe þe nese; of sum þe eres.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song of Sol. v. 3 I haue put off my cote.1568 E. Tilney Brief Disc. Mariage (new ed.) sig. Civv [He] bit off his owne tongue.1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing §30 sig. H2v In the pulling off the knots.1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 56 Good steel breaks short off, all gray.1733 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (ed. 9) I. 8 He took aff his bonnet.a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 43 Let it stew..then strain it off.1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 154 The ball..struck one of the metal buttons on the breast of my coat, and glanced off.1886 Manch. Examiner 22 Feb. 6/1 The entire surface of a country..divided off into farmsteads.1929 E. Bowen Last September I. v. 58 Hercules tore off the tips of the bland leaves which kept slapping against his forehead.1967 G. Greene Chagrin in Coll. Stories (1972) 49 She took off thick winter gloves with a wringing gesture which made me think of handkerchiefs wet with grief.2001 Daily Tel. 9 July 3/3 A boy of eight has had his arm sewn back on after it was bitten off by a shark.eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxxv. 86 Smire mid hunige þæt þy þe raþor sio hryfing of fealle. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 30 Gyf þin swiðre hand þe aswice, aceorf hi of, & awurp hi fram þe. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 Ic wille..þæt þær ne be numen of na geld na gaule. c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 28 He mid his sweorde hire þæt heafod of asloh. c1300 St. John Baptist (Laud) 98 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 32 Þo is heued was of i-smite. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. v. 170 (MED) Clement þe Cobelere caste of his cloke. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 52 Y wole leie myn arme to be smyte of. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 30 He smote a knyght on the templis that hede and helme wente of to the erthe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 641 Bot the king..with a wysk the hed of-strak. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xix. sig. O iij v To cut of from any Trapezium..what part therof ye list. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 54 Yelowe scales: whiche with a light occasion fall of. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 449 He..of his claithis suddantlie hes done. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 67 The taking of the Plumets of a clocke to make it goe in the better Order. to put off to put off 1. transitive. To postpone to a later time; to defer. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 441 Þe kyng was i-meved to helpe þe chirche þat so was hevedles and wedwe, and wolde putte it of [?a1475 anonymous translation made this excuse; L. differebat] wiþ a meke answere. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 12v Angels..serueþ god..& doþ his hestes..in an instant, and puttiþ nouȝt of for to a morwe. c1425 Treat. Ten Commandments in Stud. Philol. (1910) 6 20 (MED) Þat may be reiorned, or put of to þe werkeday of serueabul werkes. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. av They fell oute at that tyme that it was put of tyll Candelmas, And thenne all the barons shold mete there ageyne. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 673/2 It is put of for this tyme. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. C1 Farre from delaieng, or putting of poore mens causes. 1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies i. ii. 11 All things are now in Readiness, and must not Be put off. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. cv I am oblig'd to put off the Others to another opportunity. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 254 The departure of the galeon was put off. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 26 Aug. (1994) IV. 190 I would not have you put off your journey, for all my motions are uncertain. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 206 As he opened the letter he trembled lest the dinner should be put off on which he was calculating. 1889 A. M. Jocelyn Distracting Guest II. xv. 227 I shall assuredly put our wedding off. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 80 It is the custom..always to put off business until to-morrow. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 103/3 (advt.) If you've never used Wildroot Cream-Oil, don't put it off any longer. 1992 Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times 20 Jan. 25/5 The city manager has also talked about erecting a new building for the Department of Public Works in the next few years, but that may also have to be put off for a while. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away feezec890 adriveeOE aflemeeOE off-driveeOE flemeOE withdrivec1000 adreveOE to drive outOE biwevea1300 chasec1300 void13.. catcha1325 firk1340 enchasec1380 huntc1385 to catch awayc1390 forcatch1393 to put offa1398 to cast awaya1400 to put outc1400 repel?a1439 exterminate1541 chasten1548 propulse1548 keir1562 hie1563 depulse1570 band1580 bandy1591 flit1595 ferret1601 profugate1603 extermine1634 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 48v Wiþ swete melodye somtyme fendes ben I-put of & compelled to passe out of bodyes. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 24 (MED) Þanne moot þe reulores of þe oost ordeyne alle þe horsmen & half þe foot men to defende and putte of [L. ad propulsandum] þe enemyes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 369 He ves sa fortravalit To put of thame that hym assalit. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. i. §1 To put theym of at theire landyng. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 61 If we be put off, charge them with all your great and small shot. 1714 Court of Atalantis 145 He made up boldly to him, and demanded the Favour... But the Great Man put him off with his Hand saying, Fellow, I don't know you. 1818 J. Keats Let. 10 July (1947) 184 A drunken Man came up to me—I put him off with my Arm. 1862 Times 14 Jan. 10/6 The burglars..succeeded in making a hole in the window-shutter sufficiently large to admit a man's hand, but were put off. 3. transitive. a. To remove, take off, divest oneself (or, in early use, †another) of (a garment, a hat, etc.); to doff. Cf. to put on 2a(a) at Phrasal verbs 1.Now usually somewhat archaic in standard English, the usual expression being take off. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing to do offeOE to lay downc1275 to weve offc1290 stripc1320 doffa1375 loose1382 ofdrawa1393 casta1400 to take offa1400 warpa1400 to cast offc1400 to catch offc1400 waivec1400 voidc1407 to put off?a1425 to wap offc1440 to lay from, offc1480 despoil1483 to pull offc1500 slip1535 devest1566 to shift off1567 daff1609 discuss1640 to lay off1699 strip1762 douse1780 shuffle1837 derobe1841 shed1858 skin1861 peel1888 pull1888 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 31 Þai putte [ Man.(1) don] off þaire hose and þaire schone. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 349 By fortune he mette with his brother, sir Gawayne; and there..he put of his helme. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1058 Than he putte of hys helmette to drynke. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 673/2 Put of his bridell and gyve hym a locke of haye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song of Sol. v. 3 I haue put off my cote, how can I do it on agayne? 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. A3 v Euery Stationers stall they passe by whether by day or by night they shall put off their hats too, and make a low leg. a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh4/2 I put my cloths off, and I dizend him. 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 152 Their Way of Saluting is by putting off their Caps. 1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant 29/1 Their Law expresly enjoyns them to put off their Pabouches or Slippers at the Porch of the Mosque. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 135 Should he be so weak or ill as to require a servant to put off and on his clothes. 1851 R. C. Trench Poems (1862) 183 They put the sordid grave clothes off. 1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster III. xxxi. 119 He had put off his cassock, and now, dressed like a plain citizen of London, was come to see the dismal show. 1927 E. B. Levack Old Lossiemouth 11 A wis juist pittin' aff ma claes, gaen tae ma bed. 1971 Jrnl. Relig. in Afr. 4 216 Entering the house of worship, all put off their shoes. 1994 H. Chappell Oysterback Tales 58 Every time they put off their gumboots and take a shower, you can smell them downwind of a seafood plant. b. figurative. To cast off or abandon (a trait, habit, manner, etc.). Cf. to put on 2a(b) at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Coloss. iii. 9 Ye have put off the olde man with his workes, and have putt on the nue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 232 Put off your Maiden Blushes. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Winthrop Declar. Former Passages 6 A Narrowganset Indian.., faining himselfe to be of Conecticot, spake in that dialect, but could not put off the Narrowganset tone. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης vi. 55 Putting off the Courtier he now puts on the Philosopher. 1704 E. Arwaker Thoughts well Employ'd 143 With our flesh we shall put off all the failings and infirmities of it. 1794 G. Morris Let. 21 Jan. in Amer. State Papers, Foreign Relations (1833) I. 403 Putting off the character of minister to put on that of intriguant. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) ix. 239 It comes to whomsoever will put off what is foreign and proud. 1889 C. Smith Repentance Paul Wentworth I. iv. 59 She met him very kindly... Certainly she had put off the scornful princess for the day. 1922 19th Cent. Oct. 594 Even sordidness itself has put off all its vileness, and is seen superinvested in beauty. 1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils i. 4 He put off his hauteur. 1985 A. Brookner Family & Friends viii. 103 He will put off the obedience of his youth and be his own man at last. 4. transitive. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). To kill, do away with. Cf. to put down 4 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 148 Jt war than spedefull, yat sik a man war put off for the better. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 176 Now Lucius king of Britannie is put affe. 1742 J. Cockburn Lett. to Gardener (1904) 85 Keeping the Chickens and by degrees put of all the old Cocks and Hens. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 394 ‘Hev ye heared at au'd Mally at t' work'us has putten herself off?’ ‘Hast'ee putten t' au'd dog off, Jamie?’ 1900 Shetland News 2 June in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 146/1 Ir ye gaun ta pit aff da auld koo, Bawby? 5. transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > dismiss from consideration to put out of ——a1250 to lay awaya1400 to set asidec1407 to lay by1439 to lay asidec1440 to let (something) walkc1450 to set apart?1473 reject1490 seclude?1531 to let go1535 to put offc1540 to set by1592 sepose1593 to think away1620 to look over ——a1640 prescind1650 seposit1657 decognize1659 inconsider1697 to set over1701 shelf1819 sink1820 shelve1847 eliminate1848 to count out1854 discounta1856 defenestrate1917 neg1987 c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2664 Hedis to þat, And puttis of þat purpos; let paris not wend. b. To dismiss from employment or service; to discharge. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 1608 E. M. Wingfield Disc. Virginia in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 80 Mr Kendall was put of from being of the Counsell, and comitted to prison. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 33 The Clothiers all not able to maintaine The many to them longing, haue put off The Spinsters, Carders, Fullers, Weauers. View more context for this quotation a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 58 Having put off his Husbandry, he had put off with it most of his Servants. 1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 256 We cannot put off Servants, and Coach and Horses,..all in a Moment; Servants must have Warning. 1902 R. H. Barbour Behind Line 190 He stood bewildered while they accused him of every sin in the football decalogue. Devoe..threatened to put him off, if he didn't wake up. 1977 ‘R. Lewis’ Nothing but Foxes iii. 94 Joe Heddon used to work around here, but never was a good 'un... So Mr Prentiss-Stewart put him off. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] overdoOE adreeOE wreaka1300 to draw forthc1300 dispend1340 pass1340 drivea1375 wastec1381 occupyc1384 overpassa1387 to pass over ——a1393 usec1400 spend1423 contrive?a1475 overdrive1487 consumea1500 to pass forth1509 to drive off1517 lead1523 to ride out1529 to wear out, forth1530 to pass away?1550 to put offc1550 shiftc1562 to tire out1563 wear1567 to drive out1570 entertainc1570 expire1589 tire1589 outwear1590 to see out1590 outrun1592 outgo1595 overshoot1597 to pass out1603 fleeta1616 elapse1654 term1654 trickle1657 to put over1679 absorb1686 spin1696 exercise1711 kill1728 to get through ——1748 to get over ——1751 tickc1870 fill1875 c1550 Clariodus (1830) v. 2559 With joy and pleasance pat thay afe the night. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 141 Than..scho..put of as scho micht That langsum day, quhill it come to the nicht. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 376 I am here, Sir, putting off a part of my inch of time. a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 204 But what will serve the Turn full as well, to put off half an Hour or so of Conversation. ?1772 D. Williamson True Narr. Sufferings 41 I walked about till church time, then went to church, thinking there to put off time till half past twelve. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. xi. 280 I am as stupid as he, to put off my time in speaking to such an old cabbage-stock. 1859 M. Oliphant Laird Norlaw xvii. 87 I would not advise you to put off your time seeking Mary Huntley. 1899 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy iv I cud never pet aff my time gaen aboot doin' naething. 1912 D. McKie Fables frae French 40 Aft pittin' aff the time to aid until It suits oor ain convenience an' will. 7. transitive. a. To dismiss or get rid of (an awkward or unwanted person or thing), esp. by evasion; to baulk, thwart, or forestall (a person) in the achievement of a goal, desire, etc., by offering something inferior or unsatisfactory; to fob off with.Sometimes overlapping with sense 1: to dismiss until a later time, to make (a person) wait. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off pop1530 to put off1569 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591 to shift offc1592 foist1598 to fob off1600 fub1600 to shuffle off1604 doffa1616 jig1633 to trump upa1640 whiffle1654 to fool off1664 sham1682 drill1752 to set off1768 to put by1779 jilt1782 palm1822 stall1829 job1872 to give (a person) the go-around1925 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > evade (responsibility or obligation) > a person or demand with an excuse to put off1569 fub1600 daffa1616 to put by1618 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > treat with evasion to put by1618 to put off1630 stave1646 parry1687 to pass off1811 to stall off1819 to stand off1871 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > an argument elude1612 to put by1618 to put off1675 to shift offa1768 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 141 The king put them of for that season and warned them to sue him about Mighelmas. 1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation 60 Then would he..by frustratorie kindes of answeres goe about to put off such interrogatories. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing lxvi. sig. D3v If he importune thee with borrowing,..Or daily put thee off with morrowing, Till want do make thee wearie of thy lending. 1630 R. Sanderson Serm. II. (Prov. xxiv. 10) §8. 254 Let no man think to put off this duty with the Lawyers question,—But who is my neighbour? 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife iv. 70 ‘Upon my honour I have none left now.’ ‘Nay, nay I have known you deny your China before now, but you shan't put me off so.’ 1718 Free-thinker No. 16. 1 You may put them off with Shells and Pebbles, or any Trumpery. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 37 A nobleman, who was not to be put off with ministerial shifts. 1846 D. Jerrold Mrs. Caudle xv. 51 Of course you've some story to put me off with. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 2 Psychology has been put off with complimentary acknowledgments. 1902 H. James Wings of Dove I. v. xii. 260 She had come alone, putting her friend off with a fraud: giving a pretext of shops, of a whim. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 112 (advt.) Don't be put off with anything but the best. 1968 G. S. Haight George Eliot viii. 241 Sara Hennell, put off by Lewes on the pretext of Marian's headache..came on 31 July. 1991 J. Connor Distortions 25 My father tried to put him off with a curt nod but Mr Cuthbertson didn't take the hint. b. To dissuade, divert, or (in later use esp.) distract (from a purpose or action).In quot. 1642: to debar, prevent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] letc888 shrenchc897 forstanda1000 amarOE disturbc1290 impeachc1380 stopc1380 withstandc1385 hinder1413 accloy1422 hindc1426 to hold abackc1440 appeachc1460 impeditec1535 inhibit1535 obstacle1538 damp1548 trip1548 embarrass1578 dam1582 to clip the wings ofa1593 unhelp1598 uppen1600 straiten1607 rub1608 impediment1610 impedea1616 to put out1616 to put off1631 scote1642 obstruct1645 incommodiate1650 offend1651 sufflaminate1656 hindrance1664 disassist1671 clog1679 muzzle1706 squeeze1804 to take the wind out of the sails of1822 throttle1825 block1844 overslaugh1853 snag1863 gum1901 slow-walk1965 the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > discourage remove?a1425 discourage1437 revoke1447 disporta1450 to take offa1616 to work off1627 to put off1631 dishearten1634 disinvitea1641 to put or set (anyone) by1768 eyebrow1876 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)] > from a purpose, etc. withdraw1340 distractc1380 waive1390 wresta1400 to turn aside1535 avocate1543 detract1548 to turn off1573 take1574 swaya1593 to put out1616 to put off1631 sidetrack1887 to turn off1951 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. iv. 68 in Wks. II Nor can his mirth, With whom I make 'hem, put me off. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. x. §646. 276 This exception shall not put off the grauntee of the piscarie in the same poole. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 276 We could not by any means put off the second Brother out of an Humour [that] had taken him to accompany us. 1751 E. F. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless 217 He would fain have put me off from visiting his charge here. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. ii. 178 As to the women,..there's nothing will put 'em off from their pleasure. 1837 W. H. Wills Law of Land ii. i. 21 This is some trick to put me off from learning the real cause of your misery. 1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot II. vi. 114 Millet was put off from resuming the subject. 1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 36 I was not put off by her tactics. 2001 B. Hill Getting Started in Online Personal Finance v. 113 The unfortunate color scheme of this site should not put you off from recognizing it as an underrated gem. c. To cause (a person) to lose interest or enthusiasm; to discourage, deter; (also) to cause to feel dislike or distrust, to repel. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > turn away from or regard with aversion or reject [verb (transitive)] > repel resist1609 repulse1816 to put off1909 to turn off1951 off-put1970 1909 F. L. Barclay Rosary ix. 77 I am so afraid of her putting Dal off. He is so fastidious. 1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xiv. 141 He might be so shy and unforthcoming that he would put people off. 1928 Observer 19 Feb. 6/3 The prefatory note, with its apparently exaggerated claim, rather put me off. 1932 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Thank Heaven Fasting i. ii. 34 A man is very quickly put off, if he thinks that a girl hasn't even taken the trouble to remember what he looks like. 1964 New Statesman 10 Apr. 571/1 English readers shouldn't be put off by Professor Shattuck's Texan manner of what he calls ‘cinching’ an argument. 1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters v. 80 I'm in grave danger of becoming virtuous. To see those acres of fat Germanic flesh spread out by the pool is enough to put me off for life. 2002 Observer 14 July (Food Monthly Suppl.) 62/1 Don't let the nopalitos cactus on the breakfast menu put you off. d. To cause to lose concentration; to disconcert, confuse, ‘throw’. Also: to cause to be mistaken, to mislead. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 mingeOE dreveOE angerc1175 sturb?c1225 worec1225 troublec1230 sturble1303 disturbc1305 movea1325 disturblec1330 drubblea1340 drovec1350 distroublec1369 tempestc1374 outsturba1382 unresta1382 stroublec1384 unquietc1384 conturb1393 mismaya1400 unquemea1400 uneasec1400 discomfita1425 smite?a1425 perturbc1425 pertrouble?1435 inquiet1486 toss1526 alter1529 disquiet1530 turmoil1530 perturbate1533 broil1548 mis-set?1553 shake1567 parbruilyiec1586 agitate1587 roil1590 transpose1594 discompose1603 harrow1609 hurry1611 obturb1623 shog1636 untune1638 alarm1649 disorder1655 begruntlea1670 pother1692 disconcert1695 ruffle1701 tempestuate1702 rough1777 caddle1781 to put out1796 upset1805 discomfort1806 start1821 faze1830 bother1832 to put aback1833 to put about1843 raft1844 queer1845 rattle1865 to turn over1865 untranquillize1874 hack1881 rock1881 to shake up1884 to put off1909 to go (also pass) through a phase1913 to weird out1970 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > disconcert blemish1544 blank1548 to put out1598 unsettle1644 disconcert1695 to put off1909 to put (someone) off (his) strokea1914 to bend (a person) out of shape1955 to throw off1978 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 1909 Spectator 12 June 927/1 People..forget that a horse can be ‘put off’ as easily as a man. 1918 A. Bennett Pretty Lady xxii. 146 ‘That's not you, Frankie!’ said the Major with a start of recognition... ‘Yes, sir,’ said Molder... ‘It was the red hat put me off,’ the Major explained. 1937 Times 9 Apr. 6/2 He was put off by a cinematograph at the 15th, which meant a 5 instead of a 4. 1998 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 3 I'm aware of it but it doesn't put me off. When you're actually in there doing your programme it takes quite a bit to break your concentration. 8. a. Nautical. (a) intransitive. To set off from the land, or from a larger vessel; to set out or start on a voyage. Cf. sense 9c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > set out on a voyage to go to seac900 to take the seac1275 to go or fere to (the) saila1375 sail1387 to make saila1500 to set sail1513 lance1526 launch1534 to put off1582 to put out?1587 to put forth1604 to come to sail1633 underweigh1891 to take sail1904 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxxix. 162 They did shoote such abundance of arrows..yt they made our men put off. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 71 Let me cut the Cable, And when we are put off, fall to their throates. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Cole Of Death 90 The ship is putting off. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 72 A Boat put off from One of them. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 153 The six, who..remained in the barge, put off with her to sea. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 178 The boat now put off. The old man remained looking after it as it made rapidly towards the brig. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 495/1 All who could keep themselves afloat With cask, spar, life-preserver, boat..Put off. 1890 S. Lane-Poole Barbary Corsairs i. ix. 98 In the summer..Barbarossa put off to sea. 1916 E. R. Burroughs Beasts of Tarzan vi. 90 There was no response, and finally the boat put off without them. 1998 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 7 Sept. 8 He decided that he was not going to be told by a third officer..to sit down in a wildly rocking boat as we put off to the ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] > put out a (boat or ship) to put out1621 to put off1639 to set out1694 1639 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 312 He caused the boatsmen to put off the boat. c1694 Acct. Tryalls Manch. (1864) 9 Lunt..pull'd a pistoll from under his coat and sett it cock't to the master's breast, threatning to shoot him if he did not imediately put off his boat. 1740 G. Whitefield Contin. Jrnl. (ed. 2) 11 But as soon as ever my Friend put off his Boat to fetch them, the Commander of the Ship made Sail and left them. 1776 Addr. People Great Brit. 47 Will you in such a Moment of critical Emergency, instead of putting off your Boats to her Assistance, muster yourselves on the Shore with the determined Resolution to oppose her landing? 1892 Black & White 2 Jan. 25/2 It was too rough to put a boat off. 1910 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 12 Feb. 14/1 Only such a miracle as saved my life could have saved others, for there was no time to put off the life boats. b. intransitive. gen. To set off, depart, make one's way; to make off. Cf. sense 7b. Now rare (U.S. colloquial in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. iii. sig. Kiiiv How long should I be ere I should put off To the Lord Chancellor's tombe? View more context for this quotation 1757 J. Bartlet Gentleman's Farriery (new ed.) 12 The coachman, ready to put off, whipped his horse. 1803 C. Pettigrew Let. to E. P. (Univ. N. Carolina MS.) in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1942) III. 1865/1 [His impudence] made me threaten him, on which he put off. 1858 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 22 July Over fifteen thousand persons have deserted their homes in California, and put off by every means of conveyance for Fraser's river. 1859 D. Crockett Life Col. D. C. x. 116 I thought it was time for us all to wet our whistles a little; and so I put off to the liquor stand. 1886 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 13 Feb. A gaunt convict..was selected for the run. He was told to put off quickly, circle in the woods, [etc.]. 1982 ‘C. Bess’ Story for Black Night 49 She put off quickly for town because it was coming to be dark, which was no time to waste in the bush. 9. transitive. a. To dispose of deceptively or fraudulently; to pass off (a thing) for something else; to palm off; †to foist (a person) on someone (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently put1603 to bob off1605 to put off1612 impose1650 palm1679 sham1681 cog1721 slur1749 pawn1763 to play off1768 to pass off1799 to work off1813 to stall off1819 to fob off1894 1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. G1 v For base rogues that vndo yong Gentlemen, By taking vp commodities: for pollitick bankroupts: Onely to put off horses and slight iewels, Clockes, defac't plate, and such commodities. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. i. 108 To sophisticate Metalls, & then put them off for true Gold and Silver. 1707 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 5) 204 The first was a Coiner... The second a Voucher to put off his Gold. 1740 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 440 A plagiary is a man who steals other people's thoughts, and puts them off for his own. 1820 Times 8 Apr. 2/4 There was another indictment against the prisoner for putting off counterfeit coin. 1856 C. Mathews False Pretences ii. iii. 35 What embarrassed you? Was it a counterfeit he wanted to put off on you? 1892 Harper's Mag. Jan. 243/2 Do you think it was quite right..to put him off on your uncle, if you didn't like him yourself? 1897 Atlanta Constit. 17 Oct. 20/3 (advt.) No chance to get old goods put off on you. Our stock is entirely new from one end to the other. 1937 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 10 July 4/4 There was a group of forgers who were ‘putting off’ forged bonds in various countries in Europe. 1957 K. Scott Counterfeiting Colonial Amer. ix. 178 [He] was arrested in New York City and committed to jail for putting off counterfeit twenty shilling bills. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] to sell awayc1230 to set to (for, on) sale, a-salec1275 sella1330 to make sale (of)c1430 market1455 to make penny of1464 vent1478 to put away1574 dispatch1592 money1598 vent1602 to put off1631 vend1651 hawk1713 realize1720 mackle1724 neat1747 to sell over1837 unload1884 flog1919 move1938 shift1976 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > get (someone) married to put off1631 to get off1677 1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. i. sig. C2v They [sc. tailors] all grow rich by breaking, More then their words; their honesties, and credits, Are still the first commodity they put off. 1637 J. Shirley Gamester v. l. 102 A brace of thousands Will, shee has to her Portion, I hop'd to put her off with halfe the summe. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 454 As if it were of little more importance to marry a child, than it is to put off a horse or cow at a fair. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xx. 390 He may put off every Pipe for the worth of Twopence. 1749 G. G. Beekman Let. 20 Nov. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 94 Most of my Customars have Left me for Endeavouring to put of that Rum at Markit Price. 1801 B. Hunt in Chester County (Pa.) Hist. Soc. Bull. (1898) 4 This day I put off my stock of goods to Abraham Bailey to amount of $1022,5. 1864 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 25 ii. 295 As to oxen, I put off two lots in the year, one from the grass and the other from the yards. 1884 J. Winsor Narr. & Crit. Hist. Amer. 327 Large quantities of truck-goods..were put off to advantage for furs brought to the factories by the Indians. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > be becoming to or set off becomec1314 commend1535 advancea1555 comely1573 outseta1578 countenance?1578 to set out1586 to stick off1613 to set offa1616 suit1655 to put off1700 advantage1748 approve1849 flatter1904 1700 J. Wallis in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 326 Riding the great horse..is the expedient for putting-off the great house to good advantage. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 234 A Mackrel, dressed as soon as taken,..requires no Goosberries or rich Sauce to put it off. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excrete [verb (transitive)] yetOE to put outa1350 void1398 expelc1405 avoid1562 ejaculate1578 excern1578 regurgitate1578 egest1607 evacuate1607 vent1607 expurgate1621 excrete1669 pass1698 to put off1740 re-ejaculate1826 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 84 Low Feeding..causes a Horse to put off his Meat before it has been sufficiently acted upon by the Stomach. 12. transitive. To set (a person) down from a vehicle; to disembark (a person) from a boat; to drop off. Cf. sense 8a(b), and also earlier to put down 1c at Phrasal verbs 1, put-off n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > set down to set down1669 to put down1795 to leave off1848 land1853 to put off1867 drop1961 1867 M. J. Holmes Cameron Pride xxv. 222 The fear that the conductor would forget to put her off at the right place. 1892 S. P. McLean Greene Vesty of Basins xv. 165 The five were put off from the sinking craft in Gurdon's boat. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) ix. 134 Don't go out of your way, George... Just put me off at the corner. 1985 C. Phillips Final Passage 157 Ask the conductor to put you off at the stop before Marble Arch. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Mar. 11 If I was going to a less salubrious part of the city, the taxi driver would say, ‘I'll put you off here, nurse.’ < as lemmas |
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