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put (someone) off

Phrasal verbLevel B2

To make someone not want to do something or not like something.

The long queue put me off, so I went to another restaurant.

'Put someone off' means to make them not want something. 'Put off a trip' means to delay it.

Comic strip. Mei: I wanted to try the new gym, but the smell put me off. Steventeacher: Good use of 'put off'! It means it made you not want to. Diego: So the rain put off my trip? I mean, I postponed it? Steventeacher: Careful! The rain put YOU off. Or you put off the trip.
Steventeacher explains “put (someone) off”.
Your turn
What put you off a food, a film, or a place?

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