Put-off — (?; 115), n. A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
put off your stride — If you put someone off their stride, you distract them and make it hard for them to do or complete a task … The small dictionary of idiomes
put off — [v] defer, delay adjourn, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drag one’s feet*, hold off, hold over, lag*, lay over, linger, loiter, poke*, postpone, prorogue, put back, reschedule, retard, shelve, stay, suspend, tarry, trail; concepts 121,234 Ant.… … New thesaurus
put off — ► put off 1) cancel or postpone an appointment with. 2) postpone. 3) cause to feel dislike or lose enthusiasm. 4) distract. Main Entry: ↑put … English terms dictionary
put off — index adjourn, delay, deter, hold up (delay), pause, postpone, pretermit, procrastinate … Law dictionary
put off a decision — index doubt (hesitate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put off the scent — index misdirect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put off the track — index divert, obfuscate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put off to a future time — index hold up (delay) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put off : present tense I/you/we/they put off he/she/it puts off present participle putting off past tense put off past participle put off 1) to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not… … English dictionary
put off — verb 1. hold back to a later time (Freq. 1) let s postpone the exam • Syn: ↑postpone, ↑prorogue, ↑hold over, ↑put over, ↑table, ↑shelve, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
