Episode 6: "Put Off... Like Laundry" Today on “Phrasal Verbs Gone Wild”, we’re talking about everyone’s favourite phrasal verb: “put off”. When you “put off” something, you’re delaying it. You know, like when you “put off” doing laundry until you have literally no clothes left. Or when you “put off” studying until the night before the exam, because who needs sleep anyway, right?