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Verb
S:
(v)
get across
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put over
(communicate successfully)
"I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
S:
(v)
postpone
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prorogue
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hold over
,
put over
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table
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shelve
,
set back
,
defer
,
remit
,
put off
(hold back to a later time)
"let's postpone the exam"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
call
(stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather)
"call a football game"
S:
(v)
hold
(stop dealing with)
"hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"
S:
(v)
suspend
(render temporarily ineffective)
"the prison sentence was suspended"
S:
(v)
probate
(put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence)
S:
(v)
reprieve
,
respite
(postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution)
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sister term
entailment
derivationally related form
sentence frame