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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to hold off/put off doing something
Hello,
Is there any difference in meaning between: "He was glad to have an excuse to put off/hold off telling her the news" and "She held off/put off calling him until the past possible moment"?
I do have a preference for put off in the first sentence, and hold off in the second. What do you think?
Is there any difference in meaning between: "He was glad to have an excuse to put off/hold off telling her the news" and "She held off/put off calling him until the past possible moment"?
I do have a preference for put off in the first sentence, and hold off in the second. What do you think?
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Gene93 I do have a preference for put off in the first sentence, and hold off in the second. What do you think? Nowadays, I think 'put off' is more usual.
- Gene93 I do have a preference for put off in the first sentence, and hold off in the second.
- What do you think?
- Nowadays, I think 'put off' is more usual.
- but otherwise I see no difference.
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Gene93I do have a preference for put off in the first sentence, and hold off in the second. What do you think?Nowadays, I think 'put off' is more usual. but otherwise I see no difference.
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