PUT OFF, PUTTING OFF
NOUNS
► OFF-PUT an act of putting off → 1730 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
► OFF-PUTTING the act of putting off → 1387
VERBS
► BACKWARN to put off, to countermand → 1884 Eng. dial.
► DRIFT to put off, to delay, to defer, to procrastinate → 1584 Sc. obs.
► GIVE SOMEONE THE RUN ► GIVE SOMEONE THE RUNAROUND to deceive; to delay; to put off; to avoid; usually in order to give oneself some form of advantage, breathing space, etc→ .1910s orig. US
► HANG IN THE WIND to put off, to delay, to postpone → 1814 Sc.
► OFF to put off, to defer → 1642 obs.
► PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter → 1883 Sc.
► REFARD to defer, to put off → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► TAR OFF to put a person off with useless information → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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