put sth off
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
B1 to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date:
The meeting has been put off for a week.
[ + -ing verb ] I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
More examples
- I've put off talking to him about this for far too long.
- They decided to put the wedding off until his brother had returned from Brazil.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb over
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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