defer
/dəˈfər/
verb
1. put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone
"they deferred the decision until February"
2. postpone the conscription of (someone)
"he was no longer deferred from the draft"
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"We must defer this discussion to a later date, we have more _____ matters at hand."
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- adjourn
- stall
- invoke
- postpone
- mention
- cite
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