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to put off what belongs to your former manner of life
"to stop living according to your former manner of life"
to put off the old man
"to stop living as your former self did"
old man
The "old man" refers to the "old nature" or "former self". The term "old man" probably refers to the sinful nature with which a person is born. The "new man" is the new nature or new life that God gives a person after they come to believe in Christ.
that is corrupt because of its deceitful desires
Paul speaks of the sinful human nature as if it were a dead body falling apart in its grave.