put off

English

Verb

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

(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.
(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.
(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

off-putting
put-off (noun)

Translations

to delay

Chinese:
Mandarin: 推遲 (cmn), 推迟 (cmn) (tuīchí), 順延 (cmn), 顺延 (cmn) (shùnyán), 延期 (cmn) (yánqī)
Finnish: lykätä (fi)
French: ajourner (fr)
German: verschieben (de)
Icelandic: draga á langinn (is) (see langur)
Japanese: 延期する (ja) (えんきする, enki suru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utsette (nb)

Nynorsk: utsetje (nn), utsette (nn)