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throw off

verb

Meaning

  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 expel, reject, or renounce.
  5. To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

shake off(English)shake(English)cast off(English)throw away(English)throw(English)cast(English)shed(English)drop(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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