put off
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defer, delay, hold off (on), hold over, hold up, lay over, postpone, put over, remit, shelve
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The Unsettling History of 'Off-putting'
The Unsettling History of 'Off-putting'
A word for the repellent and disconcerting
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The first known use of put off was in the 14th century
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