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put⋅off

  [poot-awf, -of]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of putting off.
2. a delaying, postponing, or avoiding of something.
3. an expressed excuse or evasion; demur: She responded with a polite but firm putoff.
Origin:
1540–50; n. use of v. phrase put off
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put·off   (pŏŏt'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.  A pretext for inaction; an excuse.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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