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put off

— verb (= turn off) cause to feel intense dislike or distaste — verb (= postpone) hold back to a later time let's postpone the exam — verb (= dishearten) take away the enthusiasm of — verb (= confuse) cause to feel embarrassment The constant attention of the young man confused her — verb (= evade, skirt, dodge) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) He dodged the issue she skirted the problem They tend to evade their responsibilities he evaded the questions skillfully

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postpone delay defer procrastinate take off adjourn shelve postponed hold over turn off table suspend strip set back put away prorogue go off call off stay skirt send about his business scrub out retard put out put forth lay be off waive tire time required take up stall sidestep scrub round respite remit put over put down parry hedge get off fudge flurry expose expel evade elude duck doze off dodge

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Postpone

What words refer to postponing something?

postpone put off delay reschedule be put back defer table (v)
What words refer to postponing something because you are lazy?

put off procrastinate

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