āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to put off
[phrase form: put]
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to avoid dealing with something, such as a responsibility or an issue
Transitive: to put off a responsibility or action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She keeps putting off the decision, hoping the problem will resolve itself.
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āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to postpone an appointment or arrangement
Transitive: to put off an arrangement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She put the appointment off until next week due to personal commitments.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ
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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause a person to dislike someone or something
Transitive: to put off sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie's excessive violence put off many viewers.
āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ
āϤā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻšāĻŋāĻāϏāϤāĻž āĻ
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āϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to make someone feel embarrassed or uncomfortable
Transitive: to put off sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The condescending tone of the manager's feedback put off the entire team.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻĄāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻ
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻĻāϞāĻā§ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to distract someone
Transitive: to put off sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was about to score the winning point, but the shouts from the crowd put her off.
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