PUTS OVER Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

puts over

verb

present tense third-person singular of put over

as in postpones

to assign to a later time as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year

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The injury postpones any plans to send the 20-year-old out on loan.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Or someone managing diabetes who postpones a preventive visit because grocery shopping, prescription pickups, and coordinating multiple specialists compete for limited time and energy.

— Aimée K. Dailey, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of postpones

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Fat actually delays gastric emptying and digestion even more, keeping blood sugar much steadier.

— Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
Tennis has always been highly dependent on the weather; unlike in soccer or football, rain cancels or delays a match until the court is dry enough to be playable.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of delays

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Pacific time, It will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which holds over 100,000 spectators.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
The Pitt Rivers Museum, one of the world's leading institutions for anthropology, ethnology and archaeology, holds over 6,000 Naga artifacts.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

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