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Meanings of put off in English

Portuguese
evitar
Catalan
evitar

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

      evitar
      Portuguese
      adiar
      Spanish
      aplazar

      Hold back to a later time.

          adiar
          Portuguese
          confundir
          Catalan
          confondre
          Spanish
          aturdir

          Cause to feel embarrassment.

                confundir
                Portuguese
                desencorajar
                Catalan
                desanimar
                Spanish
                descorazonar

                Take away the enthusiasm of.

                    desencorajar
                    Usage of put off in English
                    1
                    That way I put off going home until the last possible moment.
                    The Complete Rama Omnibus
                    2
                    Lack of control could put off some possible bidders, the people said.
                    Reuters
                    3
                    National elections can often dampen demand as buyers put off major purchases.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    Torches flashed in the boats that put off in the terrible search.
                    Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm...
                    5
                    However, Indians are currently put off by the 500 gram minimum requirement.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    They both decided to put off that meeting as long as possible.
                    Thief of lives
                    7
                    Look, your dreams, put off so long, come true at last -
                    The Odyssey
                    8
                    He can no longer put off troubling questions: where were the students?
                    The new yorker
                    9
                    We put off a summit attempt hoping that the weather would clear.
                    Rock and Ice Magazine
                    10
                    I only wish that you would put off going until next year.
                    Julian
                    11
                    It is their constitutional right and cannot be put off any longer.
                    The South African
                    12
                    It certainly raises eyebrows and will put off many potential large corporations.
                    News.com.au
                    13
                    He'd put off going to see her since his return to London.
                    Secrets of a Perfect Night
                    14
                    But the English government was not to be so easily put off.
                    The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
                    15
                    I could feel the crisis coming, too importunate to be put off.
                    The Home and the World
                    16
                    I know it was put off; of course it was put off.
                    Miss Mackenzie
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                    Translations for put off
                    Put off through the time
                    Put off across language varieties
                    New Zealand
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Common
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