Idioms

put off the evil hour

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put off the evil hour

To procrastinate or postpone some task, activity, or event anticipated to be particularly unpleasant, arduous, or irritating. I know I need to file my taxes soon, but I just keep putting off the evil hour.
See also: evil, hour, off, put
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