*put (something) off*

Definition: to postpone or delay an event, appointment or decision.

(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)

E.g.1: You can’t put the decision off much longer. They need to know your answer by the end of the week.
E.g.2: He put off doing the work until the night before it was due.

This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g.1)