put off

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Bika matoanteny

1. Endrika: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. Endrika: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. Endrika:transitive to offend, repulse, or frighten

   Almost drowning put him off swimming.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• put-off Endrika:qualifier

Translations

to delay

Portuguese: Endrika:t+

Mpamaritra anarana

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.

Anagrams

• off-put