putoff

[ poot-awf, -of ]

/ ˈpʊtˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

noun

an act or instance of putting off.

a delaying, postponing, or avoiding of something.

an expressed excuse or evasion; demur: She responded with a polite but firm putoff.

Origin of putoff

First recorded in 1540–50; noun use of verb phrase put off

Words nearby putoff

put lead in one's pencil, putlog, put money on, Putnam, Putnam-Dana syndrome, putoff, put-on, put on a brave face, put on a brave front, put on airs, put on an act

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British Dictionary definitions for putoff

put off

verb

(tr, adverb) to postpone or delaythey have put off the dance until tomorrow

(tr, adverb) to evade (a person) by postponement or delaythey tried to put him off, but he came anyway

(tr, adverb) to confuse; disconcerthe was put off by her appearance

(tr, preposition) to cause to lose interest in or enjoyment ofthe accident put him off driving

(intr, adverb) nautical to be launched off from shore or from a shipwe put off in the lifeboat towards the ship

(tr, adverb) archaic to remove (clothes)

noun putoff

mainly US a pretext or delay

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Idioms and Phrases with putoff

put off

Delay or postpone, as in He always puts off paying his bills. This idiom, dating from the late 1300s, gave rise to the proverb Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, first recorded in the late 1300s (in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee) and repeated ever since. Also see put one off.

单词	putoff
释义	putoff [ poot-awf, -of ] / ˈpʊtˌɔf, -ˌɒf / noun an act or instance of putting off. a delaying, postponing, or avoiding of something. an expressed excuse or evasion; demur: She responded with a polite but firm putoff. Origin of putoff First recorded in 1540–50; noun use of verb phrase put off Words nearby putoff put lead in one's pencil, putlog, put money on, Putnam, Putnam-Dana syndrome, putoff, put-on, put on a brave face, put on a brave front, put on airs, put on an act Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for putoff put off verb (tr, adverb) to postpone or delaythey have put off the dance until tomorrow (tr, adverb) to evade (a person) by postponement or delaythey tried to put him off, but he came anyway (tr, adverb) to confuse; disconcerthe was put off by her appearance (tr, preposition) to cause to lose interest in or enjoyment ofthe accident put him off driving (intr, adverb) nautical to be launched off from shore or from a shipwe put off in the lifeboat towards the ship (tr, adverb) archaic to remove (clothes) noun putoff mainly US a pretext or delay Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with putoff put off Delay or postpone, as in He always puts off paying his bills. This idiom, dating from the late 1300s, gave rise to the proverb Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, first recorded in the late 1300s (in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee) and repeated ever since. Also see put one off. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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