put off

put off
vt
1) (delay)
to \put off off <-> sth etw verschieben;
to \put off guests off Gäste ausladen;
to \put off sth off for a week etw um eine Woche verschieben;
(avoid)
we've been \put offting off the decision about whether to have a baby wir haben die Entscheidung, ob wir ein Kind haben wollen, vor uns her geschoben
2) (fob off)
to \put off sb off jdn vertrösten;
you're not going to \put off me off with excuses ich lasse mich von dir nicht mit Ausreden abspeisen
3) (deter)
to \put off sb off jdn abschrecken;
his description really \put off me off seine Beschreibung hat mir wirklich die Lust genommen;
to \put off sb off sth jdm etw verleiden;
he was really trying to \put off me off er wollte es mir richtig miesmachen;
I didn't think the film was very good, but don't let that \put off you off going ich fand den Film nicht besonders gut, aber lass dich dadurch nicht abschrecken;
his tone \put offs people off sein Ton verschreckt die Leute;
to \put off sb right off sb/sth jdn sofort gegen jdn/etw einnehmen
4) (distract)
to \put off sb off jdn ablenken;
once she's made up her mind to do something, nothing will \put off her off wenn sie sich einmal entschlossen hat, etwas zu tun, wird sie nichts davon abbringen;
to \put off sb off sth jdn von etw dat ablenken;
(prevent) jdn von etw dat abbringen;
you're \put offting me right off du bringst mich völlig raus;
to \put off sb off their stride (fig) jdn aus dem Konzept bringen;
to be \put off off a scent [or trail] die Spur verlieren;
to \put off sb off the track jdn von der Fährte bringen
5) (Brit) transp (drop off)
to \put off off sb jdn aussteigen lassen;
(forcibly) jdn hinauswerfen
6) elec (turn off)
to \put off off <-> sth etw ausmachen [o ausschalten];
PHRASES:
never \put off off until tomorrow what you can do today (what you can do today) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen (prov)

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