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put off the conclusion

[/pʊt ɔf ðə kənˈkluːʒən/]
verb phrase
adiar a conclusão
1. to delay or postpone reaching a final decision or ending
The committee decided to put off the conclusion until more data was available.
O comitê decidiu adiar a conclusão até que mais dados estivessem disponíveis.
2. to avoid or delay making a final judgment about something
We should not put off the conclusion any longer; we need to make a decision now.
Não devemos adiar mais a conclusão; precisamos tomar uma decisão agora.
Synonyms
defer the conclusiondelay the decisionpostpone the endingprocrastinate on the conclusion
Antonyms
reach a conclusionfinalize the decisionconclude immediatelydraw to a close

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
adiar a conclusão
most common usage
São Paulo
deixar para depois a conclusão
informal variant
Portugal
adiar a conclusão
standard usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

put off until tomorrow what you can do today
kick the can down the road
table the discussion
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