Phrasal verb: Put Off
Si la semana pasada aprendíamos que Call Off es Cancelar, esta semana aprenderemos el verbo favorito de los Procrastinators: Put OFF.
Recordemos que la preposición le cambiará totalmente el significado al verbo y no tendrá nada que ver con “poner”…. ¿o si?
Put : Poner
Put OFF = Posponer
My students keep putting off their homework.
Otros significados de Put Off muy usados en nuestro dia a día:
Put SOMEBODY OFF (1)= Desalentar
I don’t want to PUT YOU OFF but that house you’re about to buy is just not worth it.
Put SOMEBODY OFF (2)= Causar rechazo, echar para atrás
The smell of garlic puts a lot of people off.