n.
A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse. L'Estrange.
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put off
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
Put·-off |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
put off |
Delay or postpone, as in He always puts off paying his bills. This idiom, dating from the late 1300s, gave rise to the proverb
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, first recorded in the late 1300s (in Chaucer's
Tale of Melibee) and repeated ever since. Also see put one off.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
put off |
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Definition: defer, delay
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve, carry out, do, succeed
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