throw off

Definitions

1. 1

   To confuse

   To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.

   • I never saw her without glasses before, so it threw me off when she got contact lenses.
   • "Well," he said as they reached the livery, "we could go north or throw them off our trail. That would add a day to our trip, though."
2. 2

   To introduce errors or inaccuracies

   To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.

   • The dirt in the apparatus threw off the results.
   • “Varying the speeds of your pitches to throw off the timing of the hitter is much more important than it used to be,” Yankees righthander David Cone says.
   • Too much activity one day can throw off my blood sugar as much as if I am not active the next.
3. 3

   Of a horse, to eject its rider.

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   1. 4

      To fling away.

      • Long before the tidal wave had again grwon sufficiently high to throw off spray, the spray last thrown off would have passed beyond its reach.
   2. 5

      To expel, reject, or renounce.

      • Silver is gotten thus, They take the Ore and dry it, then they burn it, and powder it very fine, they dilute it with Water, and throw off the light Powder that swims at Top, by decanting gently:
      • Moreover, during the progress of disease, nothing assists more the powers of the constitution, which tends toward health, and to throw off the enemy, than a cheerful and hopeful mind; as the people call it, a "good spirit;"
      • They generally shut the mill down a little (when the belts are to be thrown off), and you have to take the belt in your hand and throw it off.
   3. 6

      To split off.

      • The Reviewer states: "Bellal told Major Denham that the KOWARA did not throw off a branch at Boussa, but that a CONFLUENCE of branches took place at Boussa, the one from the south and the other from the NORTHWEST."
   4. 7

      To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.

      • Then when the work train comes along it will be an easy matter to throw off the required number, almost in place.
   5. 8

      To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.

      • Now , wasn't it the understanding that you and Hall together were to throw off two thousand dollars from the amount, or from your interest in bid?
      • Mr. Parsons came in to see me about the matter, and wanted to know what I would throw off from the mortgage. I told him I wouldn't throw off one cent, and I had no reason why I should throw off anything, that I was protected.
      • I wanted him to throw off $1.25 an acre for the land not plowed.
   6. 9

      To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.

      • She threw off her coat.
   7. 10

      To insult or verbally abuse (someone).

   8. 11

      Synonym of bear off.

   9. 12

      Alternative form of throw-off.

      • Throw off points were first introduced in England , and are used very generally at coal sidings , private sidings etc.
      • The throw off shall be taken within 3 minutes from the centre of the court
      • In other words, there should not be innuendoes, throw offs, and hints about subject matter.

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