Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
put sth off — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )
B1 to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date:
The meeting has been put off for a week.
[ + -ing verb ] I can't put off go ing to the dentist any longer.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
put sb off — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )
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.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
put sb off (sth) — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )
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.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
put sb off (sth/sb) — phrasal verb with put / pʊt / verb ( present tense putting , past tense and past participle put )
B2 to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something:
The smell of hospitals always puts me off.
You have to work long hours and that puts off a lot of people.
His attitude put me right off him.
[ + -ing verb ] Personally, I didn't enjoy the film, but don't let that put you off go ing .
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