throw off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
  2. To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
  3. Of a horse, to eject its rider.
  4. To fling away.
  5. To expel, reject, or renounce.
  6. To split off.
  7. To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.
  8. To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.
  9. To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.
  10. To insult or verbally abuse (someone).
  11. Synonym of bear off.
noun
  1. Alternative form of throw-off.

Pronunciation

En-au-throw off.ogg

Word forms

throw off throws off throwing off threw off thrown off throw offs

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