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What is another word for defer?

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To postpone or assign to a later time or date

To submit to or acknowledge the merit of

To act in a submissive manner

To pause in indecision before doing something

To store or set aside for future use

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

bring to screeching halt

put off the evil day

close off

stave off

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

put off the evil hour

throw a spanner in the works

temporise^UK

temporize^US

leave to another time

balk^US

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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To submit to or acknowledge the merit of

honor^US

honour^UK

act in accordance with

lose one's position to

pass into the hands of

pass into enemy hands

roll over and play dead

recognize^US

recognise^UK

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“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 act in a submissive manner

ingratiate oneself with

curry favor^US

fall over oneself for

bow and scrape before

be sycophantic towards

humor^US

humour^UK

genuflect

cultivate

abase oneself to

be obsequious towards

throw oneself at someone's feet

try to get on the good side of

eat humble pie

humiliate yourself

prostrate oneself before

patronize^US

patronise^UK

seek someone's company

dance attendance upon

make advances to

get on the good side of

shine up to

seek the friendship of

butter up to

try to get someone on one's side

run after

associate with

try to get on someone's good side

get in someone's good books

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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 doing something

put something off

sit tight

take no action

keep from doing something

avoid committing oneself

take your time

avoid making a decision

put off doing something

be unable to make up your mind

keep changing your mind

lag behind

second-guessing yourself

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

harbour suspicions about

have hesitations about

express suspicions about

have reservations about

express reservations about

entertain doubts about

harbour reservations about

back and fill

have suspicions about

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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

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To experience or live through something

come into contact with

be forced to contend with

labor under^US

realise^UK

realize^US

labor^US

labour^UK

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

keep one's distance from

let something go downhill

let something go to seed

lay aside

take with a pinch of salt

not take into consideration

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

look past

leave out of consideration

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

fiddle while Rome burns

belittle

flout

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

cock a snook at

scoff at

put aside

refuse to acknowledge

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give someone the brush-off

cut dead

consign to oblivion

give the cold shoulder

give someone the go-by

give the cold shoulder to

have done with

cease to remember

erase from memory

let bygones be bygones

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

sweep under the carpet

marginalize^US

pretend not to notice

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

discredit

isolate

sideline

refuse to have anything to do with

fail to take account of

marginalise^UK

tell someone to get lost

laugh away

relinquish

renounce

look right through someone

repress one's memory of

shy away from

recoil from

leave off

give someone the big E

put down

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

hand someone the frozen mitt

break with

have nothing more to do with

cut off

bin off

give someone the push

leave out in the cold

swear off

give the elbow

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