Put off – delay, postpone
Put off paying the bills.
Don’t put off what you can do today until tomorrow.
No one can beat me when it comes to putting something off.
I thought I’d have to put off handing in my resume to Google, Inc.
Postpone – to put off or delay until a future time
The baseball game has been postponed till tomorrow.
I think we’ll have to delay making the announcement.
I think we’ll have to reschedule the meeting.
Put something on the back burner ~ ; delay
I think we should put this project on the back burner.