put sb off

— phrasal verb with put

/pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

› to tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them, or stop them from doing something, until a later time: I really don't want to go out with Helen and Greg tonight - can't we put them off ? He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.Preventing and impedingLimiting and restricting

(Definition of put sb off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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