intransitive. To move or go somewhere quickly or unexpectedly, esp. for a short time. Usually with in, off, out, up, etc.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off (22) pop1530 intransitive. To move or go somewhere quickly or unexpectedly, esp. for a short time. Usually with in, off, out, up, etc. to put off1569 transitive. To dismiss or get rid of (an awkward or unwanted person or thing), esp. by evasion; to baulk, thwart, or forestall (a person) in the… to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591 transitive. To encourage or lead on with delusive expectations. Also: to put off or delay (a person) with evasive excuses. to shift offc1592 to shift off v. To put (a person) off with an excuse or a subterfuge; to get rid of (a person). foist1598 To palm or put off; to fasten or fix stealthily or unwarrantably on or upon; occasionally to father (a composition) upon: rarely with off. to fob off1600 to fob off To put off deceitfully; to attempt to satisfy with an excuse or pretence; to baffle, cajole; to put off (a person) with (something of… fub1600 transitive. To cheat, impose upon, put off deceitfully; = fob, v.1 In quot. 1625: (perhaps) to reject with scorn. to shuffle off1604 to shuffle off: to get rid of or evade (something difficult, arduous, or irksome) in a perfunctory or unsatisfactory manner; to dispose of… doffa1616 To put (any one) off (with an excuse, etc.); to turn aside: cf. daff, v.2 2. Obsolete. jig1633 transitive. To put off with a trick (see jig, n.1 5). Obsolete. to trump upa1640 to trump up (trans.). ? To put (one) off with. Obsolete. rare. whiffle1654 figurative. To dismiss by evasion; to say or state evasively. to fool off1664 transitive. To delay or avoid (something) by use of deception or trickery. Obsolete. sham1682 To put off, ‘fob off’ with something deceptive or worthless; to get rid of (a person) by some paltry excuse. Also with off. Obsolete. drill1752 To lead, allure, or entice (a person) on from one point to another (in time or action); and so = to put off (cf. 1). to set off1768 See simple trans. senses and off, adv.. To put (a person) off. Scottish. to put by1779 transitive. To evade (a question, demand, etc.); to avoid or deflect the questioning, demands, etc., of (a person). Cf. to put off 7a at phrasal… jilt1782 gen. To deceive, cheat, trick, delude (obsolete); to cheat (one's) expectation; to prove false or faithless to (any one): to ‘throw over’ or discard… palm1822 transitive. Originally: to impose (something) fraudulently on, upon, etc., a person. Now chiefly with off: to pass off by trickery, fraud, or… stall1829 transitive. To put (someone) off for the time being. Now usually without adverb. job1872 transitive. With off: = to fob off at fob, v.1 3. Now rare. to give (a person) the go-around1925 to give (a person) the go-around: to treat in an evasive or temporizing manner; to evade, avoid; to stall. Cf. go-by, n.1 phrases, runaround, n. 4. |
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