Put off

Put sb off (sth/doing sth) : to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something

• Separable (optional)

• Example in context:

• (...) immigrants have been storming the borders between Morocco and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla massively. The double three-metre-high barbed-wire fences that divide Spanish and Moroccan territories have not put them off.

Desanimar a alguien, quitarle a alguien las ganas de/interés por, disuadir a alguien (de algo/hacer algo)


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