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put off

English

  1. 🔊 cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
  2. 🔊 take away the enthusiasm of
  3. 🔊 avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
    “He dodged the issue”
  4. 🔊 cause to feel embarrassment
    “The constant attention of the young man confused her”
  5. 🔊 hold back to a later time
    “let's postpone the exam”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 reservar to put off, postpone
  2. 🔊 dar largas to put off, to delay, to give somebody the runaround

Similar words

hedge fudge evade circumvent parry elude skirt dodge duck sidestep confuse flurry disconcert turn off dishearten postpone prorogue hold over put over table shelve set back defer remit