put off
put
pƊt
poot
off
ɔf
awf
/pˌʊt ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "put off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to put off
[phrase form: put]
01

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to avoid dealing with something, such as a responsibility or an issue
Transitive: to put off a responsibility or action
to put off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She keeps putting off the decision, hoping the problem will resolve itself.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to postpone an appointment or arrangement
Transitive: to put off an arrangement
to put off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She put the appointment off until next week due to personal commitments.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a person to dislike someone or something
Transitive: to put off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie's excessive violence put off many viewers.
āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϞāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone feel embarrassed or uncomfortable
Transitive: to put off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The condescending tone of the manager's feedback put off the entire team.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāĻĄāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏ⧁āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to distract someone
Transitive: to put off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was about to score the winning point, but the shouts from the crowd put her off.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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