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Verb: postpone  powst'pown
  1. Hold back to a later time
    "let's postpone the exam"
    - prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

Derived forms: postpones, postponed, postponing

See also: postponement, postponer

Type of: delay

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