Put Off Meaning

(transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing).

Example:   Don't put off your homework to the last minute.
  Don't put your homework off to the last minute.
  Don't put it off to the last minute.
  Don't put it off.
  The storm put off the game by a week.
  The storm put the game off by a week.
  I'm too busy to see Mr Smith today. I'll have to put him off.
  Please be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.
  Almost drowning put him off swimming.