RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To postpone something, or to yield to another person's judgment or priority.

verb

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defer

On questions of restoration, the committee agreed to defer to the conservator.
Dictionary practice example.
I must defer to you; you have been waiting longer.
Adapted from the original study notes.
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