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Collocations for postpone - verb

ADVERB

indefinitely
The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest.
merely, only
The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting.

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VERB + postpone

agree to, decide to
be forced to
ask sb to
Ruth wrote at once, asking Maria to postpone her visit.

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PREPOSITION

for
Our visit had been postponed for several weeks.
from, to
The game has been postponed from Wednesday night to Friday night.
till, until
The meeting has been postponed until next week.

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Postpone is used with these nouns as the object:
decision, discussion, election, execution, fixture, game, launch, meeting, retirement, visit, vote, wedding

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