dilodi83
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1) All school sports matches will be postponed until the exams are finished.
2) I'm afraid we will have to postpone our lesson due to the heavy rain.
3) Since I cannot postpone the meeting, I guess I'll go there later.
My question is the following one: I have studied that in English there are some Phrasal Verbs we can use to mean the concept of "postpone something" and they are "to hold over", to "put off" and "to put back". Now can I substitute these two verbs to "to postpone" in the sentences above? and, can I use "to hold over", "to put off" and "to put back" without any distinction in meaning? Are they synonyms?
Thanks so much for your explanation.
2) I'm afraid we will have to postpone our lesson due to the heavy rain.
3) Since I cannot postpone the meeting, I guess I'll go there later.
My question is the following one: I have studied that in English there are some Phrasal Verbs we can use to mean the concept of "postpone something" and they are "to hold over", to "put off" and "to put back". Now can I substitute these two verbs to "to postpone" in the sentences above? and, can I use "to hold over", "to put off" and "to put back" without any distinction in meaning? Are they synonyms?
Thanks so much for your explanation.
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