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What does put off mean?
What is put off phrasal verb?
What does putting someone off mean?
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to take someone's attention away from what they want to be doing or should be doing: Once she's made up her mind to do something, nothing will put her off. Could you be quiet please - I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off. The sudden flash of the camera put the players off their game.
1. a. : disconcert. b. : repel. 2. a. : to hold back to a later time. b. : to induce to wait. put the bill collector off. 3. : to rid oneself of : take off. 4. : to sell or pass fraudulently. Synonyms. defer. delay. hold off (on) hold over.
(British English) (of a vehicle or its driver) to stop in order to allow somebody to leave. I asked the bus driver to put me off at the station. put somebody off something/somebody. to make somebody lose interest in or enthusiasm for something/somebody. He was put off science by bad teaching.
If you put someone off, you make them wait for something that they want. The old priest tried to put them off, saying that the hour was late. [ VERB noun PARTICLE ]
verb. tr, adverb to postpone or delay. they have put off the dance until tomorrow. tr, adverb to evade (a person) by postponement or delay. they tried to put him off, but he came anyway. tr, adverb to confuse; disconcert. he was put off by her appearance.
vb. 1. ( tr, adverb) to postpone or delay: they have put off the dance until tomorrow. 2. ( tr, adverb) to evade (a person) by postponement or delay: they tried to put him off, but he came anyway. 3. ( tr, adverb) to confuse; disconcert: he was put off by her appearance.
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