put sb off (sth/sb)
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
B2 to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something:
The smell of hospitals always puts me off.
You have to work long hours and that puts off a lot of people.
His attitude put me right off him.
[ + -ing verb ] Personally, I didn't enjoy the film, but don't let that put you off going.
More examples
- School dinners put me off cabbage for ever.
- I was put off working with her by things her former colleagues had told me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- go off sb/sth
- hate
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- leave
- not know what sb sees in sb/sth idiom
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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Discouraging and putting off