to be later than sth
1later — lat|er1 W1S1 [ˈleıtə US ər] adv 1.) after the time you are talking about or after the present time ▪ I m going out for a bit I ll see you later. two years/three weeks etc later ▪ He became Senator two years later. later that day/morning/week etc… …
2push sth back — UK US push sth back Phrasal Verb with push({{}}/pʊʃ/ verb ► to delay something so that it happens later than planned: »Projects kept getting delayed and pushed back …
3put sth back — UK US put sth back Phrasal Verb with put({{}}/pʊt/ verb (putting, put, put) ► to return something to where it belongs: »I phoned pointing out that there had been no mistake on my account and demanded that the money be put back. »Money spent on… …
4better safe than sorry — spoken phrase used for saying that you should behave carefully, even if this seems difficult or unnecessary, so that you will not have problems later Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym Main entry: safe * * * proverb …
5rather than — phrase used for saying that one thing is preferred to another or happens instead of another Doug chose to quit rather than admit that he’d made a mistake. Rather than criticizing your husband, why not find out if there’s something wrong? We want… …
6leave behind sth; leave sth behind — UK US leave behind sth; leave sth behind Phrasal Verb with leave({{}}/liːv/ verb (past tense and past participle left /left/) ► to cause a situation to exist, especially a bad one, after you have gone: »The army left a trail of destruction behind …
7ˌput sth ˈback — phrasal verb 1) to put something in the place where it was before it was moved Can you put the book back when you ve finished with it?[/ex] 2) to make something happen at a later time or date than you originally planned We ve put the trip back… …
8ˌput sth ˈoff — phrasal verb 1) to delay doing something that you do not want to do You can t put the decision off any longer.[/ex] He was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news.[/ex] 2) to arrange to do something at a later time than you… …
9time — 1 /taIm/ noun TIME 1 (U) something that is measured in minutes, hours, years etc using clocks: a machine that can travel through time | The basic unit of time, the second, was redefined in 1967. | time passes/goes by: time goes by so quickly… …
10time — time1 W1S1 [taım] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(minutes/hours etc)¦ 2¦(on a clock)¦ 3¦(occasion)¦ 4¦(point when something happens)¦ 5¦(period of time)¦ 6¦(available time)¦ 7 all the time 8 most of the time 9 half the time 10 at tim …
