putsomethingoff
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
B1
todecideorarrangetodelayaneventoractivityuntil alatertimeordate:
Themeetinghas been put offforaweek.
[+ -ing verb]I can't put off goingto thedentistanylonger.
- I've put offtalkingto him about this forfartoolong.
- Theydecidedto put theweddingoff until hisbrotherhadreturnedfromBrazil.
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- slow roll
- spin
- stall