Defer
Defer verb - To assign to a later time.
Usage example: we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Both words in one sentence
- He was using his work at IBM to defer the grief of Jed's passing, and when he gets laid off early in the book he can defer it no longer and has a Tear Jerker of a breakdown.
Source: Literature / Microserfs
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