throwing off
Breaking someone's rhythm
Throwing off has several related senses unified by the idea of release or emission.
Something that throws off heat or light produces and radiates it: The old radiator was throwing off enough heat to warm the whole room.
To throw off a pursuer or an illness is to get free of it.
If something throws off your timing or concentration, it disrupts or unsettles you.
Throwing off can also mean producing casually or effortlessly: She was throwing off witty remarks all evening.
- shake offRemove by vigorous motion
- discardDeliberately throw out
- shedCast off naturally
- cast asideReject or discard
- tossLight, casual throw
cast · hurl · confuse · disentangle · emancipate · extricate · cut loose · unsettle · mislead · baffle · unshackle · unburden · exorcise · let go · break free · relinquish · emanate · liberate
- undressingundressing, disrobing, stripping, taking off, getting undressed
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- confusing actionsmisleading, misdirecting, obfuscating, muddling, garbling
- deceptionslie, lies, lying, deceit, decoy
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
throwing offcentering
Positioning at midpoint
steadying · focusing · grounding · stabilizing · calming
throwing offabsorbing
Holding attention completely
taking in · retaining · drawing in · containing · soaking up
throwing offputting on
To wear or apply
taking on · assuming · donning · shouldering · acquiring
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