Meanings
verbthrow 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)
present singular third person throws off balance · participle present throwing off balance · past threw off balance · participle past thrown off balance
- idiomaticTo unsettle, to catch by surprise.
Synonyms: disturb, perturb, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo unsettle, to catch by surprise.
Translations
Welsh taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel
- taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echelunsettle
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throw off balance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20off%20balance
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw off balance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20off%20balance.
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