throw off balance

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

throw off balance (third-person singular simple present throws off balance, present participle throwing off balance, simple past threw off balance, past participle thrown off balance)

1. (idiomatic) To unsettle, to catch by surprise.

   Synonyms: disturb, perturb; see also Thesaurus:upset

Translations

unsettle

• Welsh: taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (literally “to throw someone off their axle”)