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put off
verb
1 put off
Hold back to a later time.
synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table.
Roget 293:
depart;
go away;
take one's departure,
set out;
set off,
march off,
put off,
start off,
be off,
move off,
get off,
whip off,
pack off,
go off,
take oneself off;
start,
issue,
march out,
debouch;
go forth,
sally forth;
sally,
set forward;
be gone;
hail from.
leave a place,
quit,
vacate,
evacuate,
abandon;
go off the stage,
make one's exit;
retire,
withdraw,
remove;
vamoose [Slang],
vamose [U.S.];
go one's way,
go along,
go from home;
take flight,
take wing;
spring,
fly,
flit,
wing one's flight;
fly away,
whip away;
embark;
go on board,
go aboard;
set sail' put to sea,
go to sea;
sail,
take ship;
hoist blue Peter;
get under way,
weigh anchor;
strike tents,
decamp;
walk one's chalks,
cut one's stick;
take leave;
say good bye,
bid goodbye
etc.
n.;
disappear
etc.
449;
abscond
etc.
(avoid)
623;
entrain;
inspan†.
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Roget 226:
divest;
uncover
etc.
(cover)
etc.
223;
denude,
bare,
strip;
disfurnish†;
undress,
disrobe
etc.
(dress, enrobe)
etc.
225;
uncoif†;
dismantle;
put off,
take off,
cast off;
doff;
peel,
pare,
decorticate,
excoriate,
skin,
scalp,
flay;
expose,
lay open;
exfoliate,
molt,
mew;
cast the skin.
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Roget 133:
be late
etc.
adj.;
tarry,
wait,
stay,
bide,
take time;
dawdle
etc.
(be inactive)
683;
linger,
loiter;
bide one's time,
take one's time;
gain time;
hang fire;
stand over,
lie over.
put off,
defer,
delay,
lay over,
suspend;
table [Parl.];
shift off,
stave off;
waive,
retard,
remand,
postpone,
adjourn;
procrastinate;
dally;
prolong,
protract;
spin out,
draw out,
lengthen out,
stretch out;
prorogue;
keep back;
tide over;
push to the last,
drive to the last;
let the matter stand over;
reserve
etc.
(store)
636;
temporize;
consult one's pillow,
sleep on it.
lose an opportunity
etc.
135;
be kept waiting,
dance attendance;
kick one's heels,
cool one's heels;
faire antichambre [Fr.];
wait impatiently;
await
etc.
(expect)
507;
sit up,
sit up at night.
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Dutch: aanhouden, opschuiven, temporiseren, uitstellen, verschuiven, vertragen
2 put off
Cause to feel intense dislike or distaste.
synonym: turn off.
3 put off
Take away the enthusiasm of.
synonym: dishearten.
Dutch: ontmoedigen
4 put off
5 put off
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, sidestep, skirt.
Dutch: drukken, omzeilen
noun
Roget 617:
pretext,
pretense,
pretension,
plea†;
allegation,
advocation;
ostensible motive,
ostensible ground,
ostensible reason,
phony reason;
excuse
etc.
(vindication)
937;
subterfuge;
color;
gloss,
guise,
cover.
loop hole,
starting hole;
how to creep out of,
salvo,
come off;
way of escape.
handle,
peg to hang on,
room locus standi [Lat.];
stalking-horse,
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
cue.
pretense
etc.
(untruth)
546;
put off,
dust thrown in the eyes;
blind;
moonshine;
mere pretext,
shallow pretext;
lame excuse,
lame apology;
tub to a whale;
false plea,
sour grapes;
makeshift,
shift,
white lie;
special pleading
etc.
(sophistry)
477;
soft sawder
etc.
(flattery)
933†.
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Moby thesaurus: about the bush, adjourn, appall, bear off, beat around, beg the question, blind, blunt, cast off, chill, cloak, color, continue, cool, cover, cover story, cover-up, dally, damp, dampen, defer, deflect, delay, deter, device, dillydally, disaffect, discourage, disgust, disincline, disinterest, distract, divert, dodge, doff, douse, drag out, drop, duck, embark, equivocate, excuse, extend, facade, feint, fence, front, get under way, give offense, gloss, go off soundings, go to sea, gross out, guise, handle, hang fire, hang up, haul off, have way upon, hedge, hem and haw, hold off, hold over, hold up, horrify, indispose, lag, lame excuse, lay aside, lay by, lay over, linger, locus standi, loiter, mask, nauseate, offend, ostensible motive, parry, pigeonhole, poke, poor excuse, postpone, pretense, pretension, pretext, procrastinate, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protestation, protract, public motive, pull away, pull back, push aside, push off, pussyfoot, put aside, put on ice, put to sea, quench, recess, recoil, refuge, remove, repel, reserve, revolt, run from, sail, sail away, sail away from, screen, semblance, set aside, set by, sham, sheer off, shelve, shift, shift off, shock, shove off, show, shrink, shy, shy away, shy off, sicken, sidestep, sleep on, slip out of, smoke screen, stalking-horse, stand from, stand off, stand over, stave off, stay, steer away from, step aside, step out of, stratagem, stretch out, subterfuge, suspend, swerve, table, take a recess, take off, tarry, temporize, throw off, trail, trick, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, turn the stomach, undo, unwrap, varnish, veil, waive, ward off, wean from ... show more.
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