put off
Put off = postponeWhen you know that you will not be able to do something, then you have to put it off.Put off
1)To procrastinate or delay.
2)To be made uneasy or become interested in a person, idea, event (etc).
2)To be made uneasy or become interested in a person, idea, event (etc).
Example:
1)I have a paper to write but it can be put off until tomorrow.
2)Johny: "So what happen with that girl?"
Steve Badson: "Well, I was gonna hook up but now I'm just put off because she said she had the HIV"
1)I have a paper to write but it can be put off until tomorrow.
2)Johny: "So what happen with that girl?"
Steve Badson: "Well, I was gonna hook up but now I'm just put off because she said she had the HIV"
putting you off
Example:
Person A: Are we still on for the movies tomorrow?
Person B : I'm putting you off till tuesday because I have a doctors appointment
Person A: Are we still on for the movies tomorrow?
Person B : I'm putting you off till tuesday because I have a doctors appointment
off-putting
[off-putting]
an unpleasant sense