Put off
Put off verb - To assign to a later time.
Both terms in one sentence
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They have pet names for each other and put off killing themselves because of the slight possibility that one of them would live and be left alone.
Source: Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Slight or Put off. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/put_off/slight.
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