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To postpone or assign to a later time or date

Submit to or acknowledge the merit of

To give up one's resistance against something

To pause in indecision before doing something

To store or set aside for future use

To act in a submissive manner

To experience or live through something

To fail to care for or pay attention to

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To postpone or assign to a later time or date

put on the back burner

reorganize^US

reorganise^UK

avoid doing something

bring to screeching halt

put off the evil hour

keep from doing something

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw a spanner in the works

temporise^UK

temporize^US

leave to another time

put out of commission

balk^US

extend the duration of

baulk^UK

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“He said the national executive agreed to defer the election to October 2, two weeks later than the original date of September 18.”

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Submit to or acknowledge the merit of

honor^US

honour^UK

“But I'm sure there are many people like me who would defer to scientific facts that are duly recorded and widely acknowledged.”

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To give up one's resistance against something

act in accordance with

lose one's position to

pass into the hands of

pass into enemy hands

roll over and play dead

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To pause in indecision before doing something

temporise^UK

temporize^US

baulk^UK

balk^US

kick the can down the road

avoid committing oneself

take your time

avoid making a decision

put off doing something

second-guessing yourself

have doubts

hang around

hang about

be unable to make up your mind

keep changing your mind

let the grass grow under one's feet

go from one extreme to the other

be on the horns of a dilemma

stay in the background

be reluctant to come forward

think something unlikely

be dubious

lack conviction

be sceptical

harbour suspicions about

have hesitations about

express suspicions about

have reservations about

express reservations about

entertain doubts about

harbour reservations about

have suspicions about

stop what you're doing

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To store or set aside for future use

economise^UK

economize^US

put aside for rainy day

put by for a rainy day

put away for a rainy day

put aside for a rainy day

retain in one's possession

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To act in a submissive manner

curry favor^US

ingratiate oneself with

eulogize^US

fall over oneself for

eulogise^UK

bow and scrape before

lay it on with a trowel

buddy up

keep someone sweet

be sycophantic towards

be servile towards

be obsequious towards

try to get on the good side of

humor^US

humour^UK

throw oneself at someone's feet

prostrate oneself before

get on the right side of

lie down and roll over

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To experience or live through something

come into contact with

come up against

have experience of

be forced to contend with

realise^UK

realize^US

savor^US

savour^UK

recognise^UK

recognize^US

come face to face with

run up against

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To fail to care for or pay attention to

leave something undone

pay little attention to

have nothing to do with

fail to take advantage of

minimize^US

minimise^UK

give something a miss

not take into consideration

let something go downhill

keep one's distance from

let something go to seed

lay aside

take with a pinch of salt

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

look past

leave out of consideration

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

refuse to acknowledge

leave well enough alone

leave somebody to himself or herself

get off someone's back

let bygones be bygones

leave somebody to his/her own devices

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

erase from memory

pretend not to notice

deodorise^UK

deodorize^US

deal rapidly with

varnish over

sweep under the carpet

get off someone's case

tell someone to get lost

criticize^US

give someone the brush-off

look right through someone

give the cold shoulder to

kiss off

put away

fail to anticipate

fail to take account of

criticise^UK

marginalise^UK

marginalize^US

take something for granted

turn up one's nose at

minify

repress one's memory of

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