Phrasal Verbs
- 1to cancel a meeting or an arrangement that you have made with someone It's too late to put them off now. She put him off with the excuse that she had too much work to do.
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- 2to make someone dislike someone or something or not trust them/it She's very smart but her manner does tend to put people off. Don't be put off by how it looks—it tastes delicious. see off-putting
- 3(also put somebody off something) to disturb someone 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.
to make someone lose interest in or enthusiasm for something or someone He was put off science by bad teaching. put somebody off doing something The accident put her off driving for life.