put over

as in to postpone
to assign to a later time as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of put over Indeed, with the government putting over $50 billion into clean energy R&D every year, China has become a global hub for energy innovation. S. Julio Friedmann, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2011 This indicates a bigger-than-usual appetite for puts over calls among short-term traders. Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 The fires in Oregon have put over 9,000 people under an evacuation warning Monday, with 1,747 under a level three notice that advises residents to leave the area immediately, according to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024 If the brain pushes fictional others into one container while real people are put over here, that’s potentially a problem. Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for put over 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put over
Verb
  • Thanks to to novel coronavirus global pandemic, Hugh Jackman’s The Music Man is postponed to spring 2021.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Gallant was scheduled to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in Washington in early October — a trip Gallant initiated — but it was postponed at Netanyahu’s request.
    Max Burman, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In a 2023 lawsuit, 20 patients alleged doctors delayed or denied medically-necessary care out of confusion and fear of the penalties for violating the law, which include loss of medical license, fines of $100,000 or more and sentences of up to life in prison.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The award had been delayed because none of the nominees under consideration in 1921 was found to have met the criteria. 1923: Alice Coachman, the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal, was born in Albany, Georgia.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Sometimes settlement of patent disputes involves agreements between originator biologic and biosimilar manufacturers to defer market entry.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This concept gained prominence in 1980s Japan, when, during a period of economic upheaval, the government allowed companies to defer debt payments.
    Robert Gorin, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The conventional wisdom is that immigrants—particularly Latino ones—would be put off by Trump’s border bluster.
    Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • She is expected to take the party’s policies firmly to the right, a move which could put off more moderate Conservative voters.
    Katie Marie Davies, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024

Thesaurus Entries Near put over

Cite this Entry

“Put over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20over. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!