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Definition of put off phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

put off

phrasal verb
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put somebody off
  1. to cancel a meeting or an arrangement that you have made with somebody
    • It's too late to put them off now.
    • She put him off with the excuse that she had too much work to do.
  2. to make somebody dislike somebody/something or not trust them/it
    • She's very clever but her manner does tend to put people off.
    • Don't be put off by how it looks—it tastes delicious.
    see also off-puttingTopics Preferences and decisionsc1
  3. (also put somebody off something)
     to interrupt somebody who is trying to give all their attention to something that they are doing
    • Don't put me off when I'm trying to concentrate.
    • The sudden noise put her off her game.
  4. (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
  1. to make somebody lose interest in or enthusiasm for something/somebody
    • He was put off science by bad teaching.
    • put somebody off doing something The accident put her off driving for life.
put something off
  1. to change something to a later time or date synonym postpone, delay
    • We've had to put off our wedding until September.
    • put off doing something He keeps putting off going to the dentist.
See put off in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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