put off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to postpone an event or action until a later time

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   put something off / put off something / put off doing something

   Usage: A noun object may follow off or occur inside: put off the meeting, put the meeting off. Pronouns go inside: put it off. An -ing clause follows off: put off deciding.

   We cannot put off repairing the leaking roof until next winter.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   We cannot put off repairing the leaking roof until next winter.

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