to be put off
1Put-off — (?; 115), n. A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] …
2put off your stride — If you put someone off their stride, you distract them and make it hard for them to do or complete a task …
3put 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.… …
4put off — ► put off 1) cancel or postpone an appointment with. 2) postpone. 3) cause to feel dislike or lose enthusiasm. 4) distract. Main Entry: ↑put …
5put off — index adjourn, delay, deter, hold up (delay), pause, postpone, pretermit, procrastinate …
6put off a decision — index doubt (hesitate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7put off the scent — index misdirect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8put off the track — index divert, obfuscate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9put off to a future time — index hold up (delay) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10put off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put off : present tense I/you/we/they put off he/she/it puts off present participle putting off past tense put off past participle put off 1) to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not… …
