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111Shit or get off the can! — Shit or get off the can/pot! mainly American, taboo something that you say when you want someone to make a decision and take action without any more delay. It s time for management to shit or get off the pot. If they aren t going to meet the… …
112Shit or get off the pot! — Shit or get off the can/pot! mainly American, taboo something that you say when you want someone to make a decision and take action without any more delay. It s time for management to shit or get off the pot. If they aren t going to meet the… …
113stave off — Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, lay over, let lie over, waive, shift off …
114ˌhold ˈoff — phrasal verb to delay doing something He may decide to hold off for a few days.[/ex] She held off calling him until the last possible moment.[/ex] …
115hold off — hold back / hold off [v] repress bit, bridle, check, control, curb, defer, delay, deny, forbear, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep out, postpone, prevent, put off, refrain, refuse, restrain, stop, suppress, withhold; concepts 121 …
116put off — [v] defer, delay adjourn, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drag one’s feet*, hold off, hold over, lag*, lay over, linger, loiter, poke*, postpone, prorogue, put back, reschedule, retard, shelve, stay, suspend, tarry, trail; concepts 121,234 Ant.… …
117browned off (with somebody) — ˌbrowned ˈoff (with sb/sth) idiom (BrE, informal) bored, unhappy and/or annoyed Syn: ↑fed up • By now the passengers were getting browned off with the delay …
118browned off (with something) — ˌbrowned ˈoff (with sb/sth) idiom (BrE, informal) bored, unhappy and/or annoyed Syn: ↑fed up • By now the passengers were getting browned off with the delay …
119To stop off — Stop Stop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stopping}.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan. stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa the… …
120hold off — verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to block from an objective ; delay 2. to defer action on ; postpone < hold off a decision > 3. to fight to a standoff ; withstand …
