put one off

Idioms  

1. Repel or repulse someone, as in His bad manners put her off , or They were put off by the bad smell . [c. 1900]

2. put someone off . Persuade someone to delay further action, as in He put off the creditors, promising to pay next week , or They managed to put him off from suing . [Early 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Without a local backup, you could feel locked into a company’s ecosystem; the longer you put one off, the more difficult it will become to pull your data out if you decide to leave.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2021

"Thankfully deaths were avoided but one bad incident should not put one off from conquering such a spectacular bridge."

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2016

Initially, there is much to put one off: the usual repetitiousness; those sentences that go clunk in the night; perceptions about humanity better suited to a book called The Merry Month of Jejune.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gaiters and the tights would be enough to put one off the job, even though the apron does lend a little decency to the style.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

I had not far to go and lost no time; but I would not cry out lest I might put one off his guard and yet not arrest the other's stroke.

From Simon Dale by Hope, Anthony