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Verb defer has 2 senses
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
--1 is one way to delay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- submit, bow, defer, accede, give in - submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
--2 is one way to yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to somebody
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