play for time vs put off

play for time

verb
  • To delay a situation until one is prepared. 

put off

verb
  • To delay (a task, event, etc.). 

  • To procrastinate. 

  • To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). 

  • To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). 

  • To distract; to disturb the concentration of. 

adj
  • daunted or fazed 

  • offended, repulsed 

How often have the words play for time and put off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )