Learn English Fluently with Phrasal Verbs: To Put Off

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In this episode I want to talk about an important phrasal verb -- "To Put Off".
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So, there's several different meanings.
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So, I'd love to share that with you to help you with your English skills.
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So, "To Put Off" can mean three different things.
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So, "To Put Off" can mean actually to offend someone -- for example, "I was put off by
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his strong cologne, it was too strong and it -- woo, it was just too much.
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So, I didn't like it.
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I was put off by it.
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I couldn't even stand close to him, for example.
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"To Put Off" can also mean "To Postpone."
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"So, I really wanted to meet with my friends for dinner, but we were all really busy so
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we put off dinner -- or we put dinner off" - either one is Okay - "until next week."
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"To Put Off" to the side -- you can also use "To Put Off To The Side" to mean to move an
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object over a little bit.
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"So, let's just put this salad dressing off to the side of the salad.
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I don't want it on the salad."
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So, those are three ways to use "To Put Off".
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