Meanings of defer action in English

All sorts of legal and technical expedients were used to defer action.

Blunt's case, and defer action until I know your pleasure regarding it.

Both sides later agreed to defer action pending the court hearing.

Would it not be better to defer action until later-untilafter, I may say-

Of course I could no longer defer action.

The OECD review of Irish third-level education must not become an excuse to defer action on tackling educational disadvantage, the Opposition has warned.

Some members of Congress are using this as an excuse to defer action on the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization (HR 1248).

The program is known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

The legislature deferred action until 1842, and then did the unexpected thing.

He deferred action, however, until the darker years that came after 1866.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is to end on March 5.

A long debate on the admission of the delegate from New Mexico had deferred action.

More than a third might qualify for deferred action.

Young people who received this authorization, called " deferred action," can now apply for a renewal.

In a real sense, I have deferred action for decades while waiting for the cavalry to arrive.

The program is called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA).