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Delay Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PUTOFF which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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97%6Exact Match!
verb

• hold back to a later time

• cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

• take away the enthusiasm of

• cause to feel embarrassment

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

96%3Exact Match!
noun

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• the time between one event, process, or period and another

• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

verb

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

• cover with lagging to prevent heat loss

95%8Exact Match!
noun

• quality of coming late or later in time

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