put off

put off
transitive verb
1) (postpone) verschieben (until auf + Akk.); (postpone engagement with) vertrösten (until auf + Akk.)

can't you put her off? — kannst du ihr nicht [erst einmal] absagen?

2) (switch off) ausmachen
3) (repel) abstoßen

don't be put off by his rudeness — lass dich von seiner Grobheit nicht abschrecken

put somebody off something — jemandem etwas verleiden

4) (distract) stören
5) (fob off) abspeisen

put somebody off doing something — jemanden davon abbringen, etwas zu tun

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1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) ausmachen
2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) aufschieben
3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) absagen
4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) abstoßen
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◆ 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
7.
▶ never \put off off until tomorrow what you can do today (prov) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen prov
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put off
A v/t
1. weglegen, -stellen, beiseitelegen oder -stellen
2. Kleider, auch fig Zweifel etc ablegen
3. etwas ver-, aufschieben, einen Kauf etc zurückstellen:
never put off till tomorrow what you can do today (Sprichwort) was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen
4. jemanden hinhalten, vertrösten, abspeisen umg (alle:
with mit)
5. sich drücken vor (dat) umg
6. jemanden abbringen, jemandem abraten (beide:
from von)
7. umg jemanden aus dem Konzept bringen
8. umg jemanden abstoßen
9. put sth off (up)on sb jemandem etwas andrehen umg
10. Passagiere aussteigen lassen
B v/i SCHIFF auslaufen
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transitive verb
1) (postpone) verschieben (until auf + Akk.); (postpone engagement with) vertrösten (until auf + Akk.)

can't you put her off? — kannst du ihr nicht [erst einmal] absagen?

2) (switch off) ausmachen
3) (repel) abstoßen

don't be put off by his rudeness — lass dich von seiner Grobheit nicht abschrecken

put somebody off something — jemandem etwas verleiden

4) (distract) stören
5) (fob off) abspeisen
6) (dissuade)

put somebody off doing something — jemanden davon abbringen, etwas zu tun

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p.p.
abgespiesen p.p. (till, until) v.
hinhalten (auf) v.
vertrösten v. v.
abspiesen v.
aufschieben v.

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