postpone (v)
prorogue (v)
hold over#2 (v)
put over (v)
table (v)
shelve (v)
set back#1 (v)
defer (v)
remit (v)
put off (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 42
def hold back to a later time
examples let's postpone the exam
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 21 Somebody ----s something PP
Outgoing links
Entailment cancel, call off, scratch, scrub; reschedule
Hypernym delay
Derivationally related form put off → putoff
Derivationally related form defer → deferment
Derivationally related form defer → deferral
Derivationally related form shelve → shelver
Derivationally related form prorogue → prorogation
Derivationally related form postpone → postponement
Derivationally related form postpone → postponer
Hyponym call; hold; suspend; probate; reprieve, respite
Incoming links
Derivationally related form deferral → defer
Derivationally related form deferment → defer
Derivationally related form postponement → postpone
Derivationally related form prorogation → prorogue
Derivationally related form putoff → put off
Derivationally related form postponer → postpone
Derivationally related form shelver → shelve
Also see put → put over
Also see put → put off
Hyponym delay
Hypernym call; hold; suspend; probate; reprieve, respite

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