put off

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Verb 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Derived terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.2 Adjective

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[edit] Verb

to put off (third-person singular simple present puts off, present participle putting off, simple past and past participle put off)

1. (transitive) To procrastinate

   Don't put off your homework to the last minute.

   Don't put your homework off to the last minute.

   Don't put it off to the last minute.

   Don't put it off.

2. (transitive) to delay (a task, event, or deadline)

   The storm put off the game by a week.

   The storm put the game off by a week.

3. (transitive) to offend, repulse, or frighten

   Almost drowning put him off swimming.

[edit] Usage notes

• The object in all senses can come before or after the particle, except that personal pronouns nearly always precede the particle.

[edit] Derived terms

• put-off (noun)

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[edit] Adjective

put off (comparative more put off, superlative most put off)

1. offended, repulsed

   The guest was quite put off by an odor.

2. daunted or fazed

   All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.