Put off meaning
Put off is a phrasal verb with 5 meanings. One of them is to reschedule a planned event or activity for a future time.
- Past simple
- put off
- Past participle
- put off
- -ing form
- putting off
What put off means
postpone an eventB1
To reschedule a planned event or activity for a future time
The organisers put off the match because of heavy snow.
4 more meanings of put off are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With put: put on, put up, put back, put away, put down, put out, put together, put in, put across, put aside.
With off: turn off, take off, cut off, go off, break off, keep off, start off, tick off, get off, back off.
Common questions
What does put off mean?
It has 5 meanings. One of them is to reschedule a planned event or activity for a future time. The other 4, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of put off?
Put off, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
