Word Frequency
put off
Definitions
verb
- tr, adverb to postpone or delay ⇒
they have put off the dance until tomorrow
- tr, adverb to evade (a person) by postponement or delay ⇒
they tried to put him off, but he came anyway
- tr, adverb to confuse; disconcert ⇒
he was put off by her appearance
- tr, preposition to cause to lose interest in or enjoyment of ⇒
the accident put him off driving
- intr, adverb (nautical) to be launched off from shore or from a ship ⇒
we put off in the lifeboat towards the ship
- tr, adverb (archaic) to remove (clothes)
noun
putoff- (mainly US) a pretext or delay
Translations for 'put off'
- British English: put off
If you put something off, you delay doing it.She put off telling him until the last moment.pʊt ɒf VERB - Arabic: يُطْفِئ
- Brazilian Portuguese: adiar
- Chinese: 推迟
- Croatian: odgađati
- Czech: odložit odkládatna později
- Danish: udsætte
- Dutch: uitstellen
- European Spanish: posponer
- Finnish: siirtää myöhemmäksi
- French: ajourner
- German: aufschieben
- Greek: υπεκφεύγω
- Italian: rimandare
- Japanese: 延期する
- Korean: 연기하다
- Norwegian: utsette
- Polish: odłożyć odkładać
- Portuguese: adiar
- Romanian: a amâna
- Russian: откладывать
- Spanish: posponer
- Swedish: skjuta upp
- Thai: เลื่อนออกไป
- Turkish: ertelemek
- Ukrainian: відкладати відкласти
- Vietnamese: hoãn
Example Sentences Including 'put off'
But as long as England went on picking him, the day of truth was always put off.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
But she always found some reason to put off anything too adventurous.COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
Despite the hype, the licensing laws are expected to put off some publicans from opening on Saturday for the early match against Cameroon.Irish Times (2002)
Everyone would enunciate high-sounding principles, mug for the camera and then put off , for another year or two, a true reckoning.Globe and Mail (2003)
Give them the space to forgive you, but don't be put off if they have a mildly paternalistic tint to their response.MOON ASTROLOGY FOR LOVERS (2002)
He initially wanted to work in emergency medicine but was put off by what he witnessed in the consultants.British Medical Journal (2002)
He was taking a wandering course with many turns and doublings, to put off any pursuit.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)
I bought two tickets, charging them to my Visa card to put off the day of reckoning.A Nasty Dose of Death
PSNI inquiries are now concluded but the Department has put off its inquiry verdict until the conclusion of the family's legal action.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
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