Word of the day
To decide to do something later instead of now
phrasal verb
The English word
put off
English never changes here, whatever language you are reading in.
When to use it
A neutral, everyday verb for postponing, equally natural in speech and writing. It is separable: a noun object can go after both parts or between them, and a pronoun object must go between them. When the postponed thing is an action, that action takes the -ing form, never the to-form. Watch out for a second, unrelated sense - making someone lose their enthusiasm or appetite - which context usually makes clear.
Examples
I've been putting off my visit to the dentist for months.
Don't put it off until the last minute.
Goes with
put off a decision
put off going to the doctor
put the meeting off until Friday
Check yourself
Complete the sentence with the English word above.
1. We'll have to ___ the picnic until next weekend - the forecast is terrible.
Show the answer
put off