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Another word for put off

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Verb
  1. See also:

    put

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Another word for put off

Verb
  1. See also:

    delay

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

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

  • 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.

  • The abolition of debts was carried into effect, but the land distribution was put off by Agesilaus on various pretexts.

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