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English Vocabulary – put off, postpone, delay, reschedule

Put off – delay, postpone

Put off paying the bills.
Don’t put off what you can do today until tomorrow.
No one can beat me when it comes to putting something off.
I thought I’d have to put off handing in my resume to Google, Inc.

Postpone – to put off or delay until a future time
The baseball game has been postponed till tomorrow.

I think we’ll have to delay making the announcement.
I think we’ll have to reschedule the meeting.

Put something on the back burner ~ ; delayI think we should put this project on the back burner.