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put-off

put-off is the alternative form of putoff.

Meaning of putoff

Noun

putoff (plural putoffs)

  1. An excuse made to delay or stall.
    • I think I would have asked farther, but Alan gave me the put-off. “I am rather wearied,” he said, “and I would like fine to get a sleep.”1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC

Forms of put-off

pluralput-offs

Questions about put-off

What is put-off the alternative form of?
Put-off is the alternative form of putoff.

Words near put-off in the dictionary

  1. put-downs
  2. put-in
  3. Put-in-Bay
  4. put-me-up
  5. put-me-ups
  6. put-off
  7. put-on
  8. put-ons
  9. put-out
  10. put-outness
  11. put-outs

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