threw off
Caused to stumble
Threw off has several related meanings centered on disruption or release.
To throw off a pursuer is to escape them by causing confusion.
To throw off someone's concentration is to disturb or distract: The noise threw off my timing.
Throwing off an illness or bad habit means ridding yourself of it.
Something that throws off heat or light emits it: The fire threw off enough warmth to heat the room.
- toss outDispose of something
- get rid ofEliminate or discard
- divertCause to change course
- distractDivert someone's attention
- derailForce off course
discard · confuse · cast aside · perplex · shed · strip away · unburden · bewilder · befuddle · dislodge · disorient · emit · jettison · eject · unsettle · distort · baffle · skew