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Collocations for defer - verb

ADVERB

indefinitely
The decision has been deferred indefinitely.
endlessly

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VERB + defer

agree to, decide to

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PREPOSITION

for
Sentence was deferred for six months.
pending
Diagnosis was deferred pending further assessment.
till, until
We agreed to defer discussion of these issues until the next meeting.

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Defer is used with these nouns as the object:
decision, discussion, payment

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