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put off indefinitely
[/pʊt ɔːf ˌɪndɪˈfɪnətli/]
verb phrase
adiar indefinidamente
1.
to postpone or delay something with no specific date or plan to resume it
The company decided to put off the project indefinitely due to budget constraints.
A empresa decidiu adiar o projeto indefinidamente devido às restrições orçamentárias.
2.
to avoid committing to a specific time for doing something
He keeps putting off the difficult conversation indefinitely.
Ele continua adiando a conversa difícil indefinidamente.
NYC Slang
kick it down the road
Synonyms
postpone indefinitely
delay indefinitely
shelve
put on the back burner
table
Antonyms
schedule
expedite
accelerate
prioritize
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
adiar indefinidamente
most common usage
Rio de Janeiro
deixar para depois
more colloquial variant
São Paulo
adiar por tempo indeterminado
formal variant
Portugal
adiar sine die
legal/formal expression meaning indefinitely
Related Idioms & Phrases
put it on hold
put it on the shelf
kick the can down the road
procrastinate
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