All 4 Uses of
postpone
in
Bleak House
- While these affairs were in abeyance, our visit to Mr. Boythorn's was postponed.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- I am not in the least surprised that she postpones her appearance as long as possible.†
Chpt 16-18
- Still I had a tormenting idea that the influence upon him extended even here, that he was postponing his best truth and earnestness in this as in all things until Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be off his mind.†
Chpt 37-39
- Everything postponed to that imaginary time!†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(postpone) delay until a later time