Complete Definition of "put off"

English
Category:English idioms
Verb
en-verb|inf=to put off|puts off|putting off|put off

  1. To procrastinate (against)

#: Don't put off your homework until the last minute.

  1. to delay (a task, event, or deadline)

#: The storm put off the game by a week.

  1. to offend, repulse, or frighten

#: Almost drowning put him off swimming.

Usage notes
The object in all senses can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it MUST come before the particle.
Category:English phrasal verbsCategory:English simple past formsCategory:English past participles
Adjective
en-adj|pos=put off

  1. offended, repulsed

#: The guest was put off by an odor.
#daunted or fazed
#: All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.

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