Put-off meaning

Don't put off your homework to the last minute.

Don't put your homework off to the last minute.

Don't put it off to the last minute.

Don't put it off.

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To delay (a task, event, or deadline)

The storm put off the game by a week.

The storm put the game off by a week.

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Almost drowning put him off swimming.

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Offended, repulsed.

The guest was quite put off by an odor.

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All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.

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Put-off Sentence Examples

  • This gives the sullen and put-off appearance that the emo look is notorious for.

  • The Assembly put off the term to the 1st of March.

  • Much as he disliked making Fred wait, he decided to put off the task until nine o'clock but another phone call forced a change of plans.

  • Most queries were answered in monosyllables except the last, which Dean put off by explaining they'd discuss the bones at length in the morning.

  • Instead of facing the difficulties, the president preferred to put off the day of reckoning by flooding the country with inconvertible notes, with the result that the financial crisis became more and more aggravated.

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