to put off

DO you find it a good idea to put off the meeting?

If it rains tomorrow, we'll have to put off the meeting.

He was several times caught trying to put off a counterfeit ten-dollar bill.

In case of rain, In case it rains, If it should rain, Should it rain, we will have to put off the sports meet.

But make sure your home maintenance is up to snuff so as not to put off potential "customers. "

Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

Through the first week in June, as cases began to skyrocket in Australia, WHO continued to put off the final call.

This was a project which might be left for consideration, and they were, besides, obliged to put off its execution until the next spring.

Having been told that it was going to snow, they decided to put off the football match.

Banks do not mind all that much since it allows them to put off recognising losses.

The trail layer, known as a hare would deliberately set check points and false trails to put off the chasing pack, known as hounds .

He being still out on business, we had to put off the activity.

I don't know. I said it was stupid to put off the wedding.

Due to the absence of many students, we have to put off the meeting.

They have decided to put off the meeting to the next Wednessday.

It's easy to put off emergency response planning as we devote our attentions to tasks with more immediate "payback. "

She had to put off her dentist appointment because she had to go on a business trip.

She says stress during her senior year in high school led her to put off college for a year 'to regain myself and get back on track. '

His friends told him it was crazy of him to put off his career.

A president who refused to put off unpleasant decisions, as Mr Obama promised during his inauguration, would be honest about all this.

In itself that represents something of a victory. Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

Look sexier, feel sexier. It's easy to put off healthy eating, exercise, even haircuts.

Why we decided to put off the meeting was that our headmaster hadn't come back from Beijing.

L: William, I'm terribly sorry about this, but we have to put off or cancel tomorrow's meeting.

It would be much better to put off the meeting till Friday .

Under the proposed legislation, American companies will no longer be allowed to put off paying tax on profits made and reinvested abroad.

Part of the problem is that the bank's self-imposed screening requirements tend to put off busy, exhausted new mothers.

I'd got my nerve up, and I didn't want to put off making a try at it.

If it rains tomorrow, we will have to put off the visit to the Summer Palace.

Nobody to come the day after tomorrow, they will have to put off the meeting till next week.

But no one should take that as reason enough to put off giving birth past the normal reproductive years.

The amount of gas used in any given surgery is small, and global warming is not a reason to put off a necessary procedure.

They are trying to put off the expense and there are a lot of technologies that they can use to do that.

I was endeavouring to put off one sort of life for another sort of life.

John always likes to put off his work until the next day.

We will have to put off the sports meeting if it rains tomorrow.

It may rain tomorrow . In that case , we 'll have to put off the sports meet till next Saturday .

Bangkok firefighters have been working through the night to put off the fires.

Would it be possible for me to put off the work till a later day?

But it's exactly the kind of problem a system of government like ours was built to put off.

Nobody to come tomorrow, we will have to put off the meeting till next week.

That's unlikely to put off the poultry industry, however, which wants disease resistant birds that grow faster on less food.

(put off)Today, he is not comfortable, so wanted to put off the meeting tomorrow.

The boat was going to put off and the tide would be spent.

Should it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Yangpu Bridge.

To put off doing something , especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness .

Far from stimulating interest they seem to put off bidders, who perhaps fear that a secret reserve is secret because it is far too high.

We were force to put off the match to the next week because of the bad weather.

Under this background, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is planning to put off the legal retiring age.

We've decided to put off the sports game till next Friday.

First, if you're not forced to deal with the bug immediately, you're likely to put off fixing it, so bugs tend to accumulate.

We prefer you not to put off the meeting until next week.

They have decided to put off the sports meet till next Tuesday.

He decided to put off all personal considerations and accept the task assigned to him.

We'll have to put off our trip to Hangzhou till next week if it doesn't stop raining.

Dell on Monday projected shrinking profit margins, and on Tuesday told analysts that companies continue to put off technology purchases.

Not having made enough preparations, they thought it better to put off the sports meeting till next week.

I'm very sorry but I have to put off our appointment this afternoon from three to four thirty, because something urgent has come up.

If it should rain tomorrow, we should have to put off the picnic.

They weren't going to put off finding out the truth about God.

Not having made enough preparation, they thought it better to put off the experiment till next week.

Owing to my absence , they had to put off the class meeting till next week .

If it should rain tomorrow, we should have to put off the match.

Due to the delay in the shipping schedule for building materials, they had to put off fixing the damaged house.

They are going to put off the meeting to next month.

Be creative and you should be able to put off making some tough long-term decisions until you can better see the bigger picture.

In the United States, that will be one more reason for the Federal Reserve to put off raising interest rates anytime in 2010.

Defer, postpone, shelve, stay, suspend The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to put off until a later time"

Start the Countdown! Remind folks that your quit date is nearly here. Continue to put off your first smoke of the day.

As it is wet, we have to put off our trip to the Great Wall.

They are replacing traditional bikes and motorcycles at a rapid clip and, in many cases, allowing people to put off the switch to cars.

Due to the bad weather, I had to put off the sports meeting.

It's a quick way to create notes and lists that allows you to put off stuff that isn't immediately important.

We have to put off the meeting because of the absence of the chairman.

It's a bad habit to put off things until the last minute.

We all agree to put off the meeting till Saturday.

We have to put off the meeting because of the manager can't arrive here.

For others, waiting is much too painful to put off for more than a few minutes.

In that case, we'll have to put off the sports meet till next Saturday.

Retaining your customers is too important to put off another day and the quality of your program is critical.

He promises budgetary discipline only to put off the hard decisions until later.

we would have to put off the visit to the East Lake.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives.

Thanks to the bad weather, they had to put off the sports meeting.

We have to put off the sports meeting until next week .

Many students being absent , we had to put off the conference.

Not having prepared well, they thought it better to put off the trip till next week.

This largely explains OPEC's recent decision to put off further output cuts, even as crude prices continued sliding.

What one or two things did you do differently that made it easier to get started and harder to put off working?

It's raining. Therefore, we have to put off the match.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, or save anything that would add laughter and brightness to our lives.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter to our lives.

Reliance on land sales allows China to put off plans to broaden the tax base, which will be risky and politically sensitive.

As she is ill, we shall have to put off our trip to Shanghai.

Mr. Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute.

Flat taxes, including the 9-9-9 plan, seem to put off far more voters than they attract.

Allied leaders chose instead to put off any action to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in NATO strategy.

eg. We'll have to put off the meting till Friday.

Even Mr Ishihara has agreed to put off a decision about the move until experts have been heard.

Never put off the work by yourself when you can ask someone to put off.

Respecting the heavy rain, we had to put off the match.

Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

With so many people being absent , we had to put off the meeting till next week .

So that combination was enough to put off most biologists.

Because of the bad weather, we have to put off the sports meeting next week.

But because of my bad health at the moment, I have to put off your arrival.

It's good to put off the duty of the manager.

It is the heavy misfortune of our Alsace always to put off till tomorrow what we ought to be done today.

Teachers often warn us not to put off what can be done today till tomorrow.

In truth, however, it would be best to put off all major purchases until mid-June.

Procrastinate: To defer action, delay, to put off until another day or time.

It rained yesterday, and therefore we had to put off our football match.

If Satan can't get us to put off our life missions, then he'll try to get us to quit altogether.

He had to put off his trip to Japan for two weeks.

What if you used that skill to put off feeling bad when someone insults you?

They had to put off the picnic because it was raining cats and dogs.

Whoever we are, we are likely to put off doing whatever we find dull.

Such reforms are difficult, and tempting to put off.

For them to put off the sports meet appears considerable.

Don't forget to put off the radio.

But the countess's illness forced them to put off going from day to day.

Be sure to put off the light before you go o ut.

To put off shelves, and should contempt.

It all sounds like something we can afford to put off worrying about until next month or next year.

We had to put off the game because of the weather.

It's a bad habit to put off doing things.

You may have to put off purchasing something you wanted to buy this month.

We will have to put off going on vacation until you are better.

Then on May 28th they agreed to put off for another three months a much-delayed effort to write a new constitution.

We had to put off our trip to the great wall because it rained that day.

would it be possible to put off our meeting untill Saturday?

Yet many people hate going to the dentist so much, they'll do anything they can to put off going in for their regular check up.

So I challenge us all to put off our pride and put on humility.

We had to put off the planned trip because of the rain.

We have a tendency to put off tasks that we feel are most difficult.

I'll have to put off my visit because of the bad weather.

Do you mean to put off the meeting?

We had to put off the picnic because of the rain.

They have to put off their plan because of the bad weather.

What I want is just to put off it until next month.

Just now, you said you what to put off the date, how long did you want?

Do you mean to put off the appointment?

For example, tanker loading and unloading of dangerous goods need to put off the wheel, anti-skid row.

I am afraid that due to some unavoidable business I have to put off my business trip until next week.

How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be?

What if I want to put off my flight?

e. g. What I want to tell you is this: The meeting is to put off till Friday.

to cease thing about or being concerned about something; to put off, defer; to change one's original plan.

I still think it preferable to put off the establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States for some years

Magistracy does not oblige him to put off either humanity or Christianity;

the building is on fire, the elephant is holden on high by thd giraffe's long neck, they are working together to put off the fire

City council decided to put off the vote on the proposal,

it being to put off her going to Hampstead that night, on account of violent fits which Miss Montague was pretended to be seized with;

The newly-wed couple decided to put off their honeymoon in order to save money for a new car,

for instance, I had to put off researches that I had already begun;

Because of the bad weather, we have to put off the match to next Wednesday

The economic downturn forced many people to put off their retirement,