Defer and Work on

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Defer verb - To assign to a later time.

Usage example: we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information

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Work on is an antonym for defer.

Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.

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Defer is an antonym for work on.

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Work on and Defer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defer/work_on

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