throw off
throw
θroʊ
throw
off
ɔf
awf
/θɹˈəʊ ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "throw off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to throw off
[phrase form: throw]
01

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to eliminate something unwanted or challenging
Transitive: to throw off unwanted objects
to throw off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's throw those unnecessary documents off.
āφāϏ⧁āύ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāχāĨ¤
02

āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻ…āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ⧇ āϛ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to remove a piece of clothing quickly and without care
Transitive: to throw off clothes
to throw off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dancers were ready to throw off their costumes after the performance.
āύāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to get away from someone or something chasing one
Transitive: to throw off sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you throw the detective off while I hide?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
04

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disrupt or interfere with the normal operation of something
Transitive: to throw off a plan or process
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heavy rain threw off the Wi-Fi connection, causing disruptions in our online meeting.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ Wi-Fi āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϘāĻžāϤ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to overcome a minor illness or discomfort
Transitive: to throw off an illness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wanted to throw the flu off quickly, so she rested and drank plenty of fluids.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĢā§āϞ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āϤāϰāϞ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to confuse someone, typically by creating a deceptive appearance or impression
Transitive: to throw off sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spy deliberately threw off pursuers by taking unexpected routes.
āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āϰ⧁āϟ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž

to say or write something informally and without much thought or consideration
Transitive: to throw off a remark
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tended to throw off comments during interviews that hinted at her true feelings.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϰ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻā§‹āρāĻ• āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to set loose a pack of hounds or hunting dogs in order to begin a hunt
Transitive: to throw off a pack of hunting dogs
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hunting party waited patiently for the right moment to throw off the eager pack of beagles.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧ⧈āĻ°ā§āϝ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—āϞāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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