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Have you ever had to put off doing something you really wanted to do because of circumstances beyond your control? That seems to happen all the time when your life becomes very busy from everything going on around you.

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In this episode, Gabby provides a great tip about three ways that the phrasal verb \u201cTo Put Off\u201d can be used in American English. This is one of those phrasal verbs that is versatile enough to be be used in different ways depending on the circumstances. You should try to make use of this in your English conversations. It will make you sound more conversational and fluent in English, and will be readily understood by native English speakers.

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Go Natural English is a wonderful site for learning useful and colorful English tips such as this one. Visit gonaturalenglish.com often to learn new phrases that will increase your fluency and enable you to express yourself more naturally in conversational English.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTxU_27SJG0

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Episode transcript below:

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Hey, what\u2019s up? How\u2019s it going?

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In this episode I want to talk about an important phrasal verb \u2013 \u201cTo Put Off.\u201d

So, there\u2019s several different meanings.

Now, phrasal verbs are the key to understanding everyday natural English.

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So, I\u2019d love to share that with you to help you with your English skills.

So, \u201cTo Put Off\u201d can mean three different things.

So, \u201cTo Put Off\u201d can mean actually to offend someone \u2013 for example, \u201cI was put off by his strong cologne, it was too strong and it \u2013 woo, it was just too much. So, I didn\u2019t like it. I was put off by it. I couldn\u2019t even stand close to him,\u201d for example.

\u201cTo Put Off\u201d can also mean \u201cTo Postpone.\u201d

\u201cSo, I really wanted to meet with my friends for dinner, but we were all really busy so we put off dinner \u2013 or we put dinner off\u201d - either one is Okay - \u201cuntil next week.\u201d

\u201cTo Put Off\u201d to the side \u2013 you can also use \u201cTo Put Off To The Side\u201d to mean to move an object over a little bit.

\u201cSo, let\u2019s just put this salad dressing off to the side of the salad. I don\u2019t want it on the salad.\u201d

So, those are three ways to use \u201cTo Put Off.\u201d

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