Throw Off

Definition: Throw Off

Throw Off

Verb

1. Get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss".

2. Get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Throw Off

Avoidance

Lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, play at hide and seek.

Cunning

Verb: be cunning; Adjective: have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive; (plan); live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter, circumvent, steal a march upon; overreach; throw off one's guard; surprise; snatch a verdict; waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge; play a deep game, play tricks with; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; flatter, make things pleasant; have an ax to grind.

Disclosure

Raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask; expose; lay open; undeceive, unbeguile; disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of; d_sillusionner.

Acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one's hand, show one's cards; unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart; open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind; unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment; say the truth, speak the truth; turn King's (or Queen's) evidence; acknowledge the corn.

Disrepute

Upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush; (humble).

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Inexpectation

Surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard; astonish, dumbfound; (strike with wonder).

Misteaching

Verb: misinform, misteach, misdescribe, misinstruct, miscorrect; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive; mislead; (error); misrepresent; lie; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces.

Neglect

Render neglectful; Adjective: put off one's guard, throw off one's guard; distract, divert.

Uncertainty

Render uncertain; Adjective: put out, pose, puzzle, perplex, embarrass; confuse, confound; bewilder, bother, molder, addle the wits, throw off the scent, ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces; keep in suspense.

Crosswords: Throw Off

When Will He Throw Off This Burden (1917)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus, notwithstanding whatever title the kings of Assyria had over Judah, by the sword, God assisted Hezekiah to throw off the dominion of that conquering empire. (Second Treatise of Government)

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep.

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Expressions using "throw off": throw off the balance ♦ throw off the mask ♦ throw off the scent ♦ throw off the trail ♦ throw off the yoke ♦ To throw off. Additional references.

Afrikaans

afwerp (afford, bear, cast, cast off, fling, fling off, get, get rid of, produce, shed). (various references)

Albanian

nuk pranoj (decline, deny, differ, disapprove, disclaim, ignore, override, protest, push away, reject, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, set aside, spurn, thumb down). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събличам (disarray, disrobe, divest, doff, pull off, remove, strip, take off, unclothe, undress, unrobe), свалям (bring down, cast off, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, get off, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, pull off, put down, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, stretch, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, turn down, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), свличам (shuffle off), смъквам (bring down, divest, let down, pull down, rip away, rip off, shuffle off, tear down, tear off), хвърлям (aim, broadcast, cast, cob, dart, dash, draw, fling, fling down, flung, heave, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, pass, pitch, plunk, pounce, precipitate, project, send, shadow, shed, shoot, shoot out, sling, sock, throw, throw out, toss, toss about, whop), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), отклонявам (abduct, avert, bend, call off, deflect, detract, deviate, disincline, divagate, divert, fence off, head off, put off, shunt, siphon off, stave off, swerve, throw down, turn aside, turn off, wave away), отпечатвам (impress, imprint, open, print, pull, roll off, run, slur, stamp, strike off), нахвърлям (adumbrate, jot down, outline, pounce, skeletonize, sketch), махвам (beckon), захвърлям (discard, fling, forsake, hurl, plunk, relegate, shelve, throw down), почвам лов, подвеждам (bring under, lead on, mislead, reduce, stuff), импровизирам (ad lib, extemporize, fake, gag, improvise, jam, toss off). (various references)

Chinese 

恣 (throw off restraint). (various references)

Danish

frakobling af boretromlen (to throw off the rope). (various references)

Dutch

uitgooien (cast off, fling off), afwerpen (afford, bear, cast, cast off, fling off, get rid of, produce, shed), afgooien (cast off, fling off). (various references)

Esperanto

deĵeti (cast off, fling off). (various references)

Finnish

pudistaa ies niskoiltaan (throw off the yoke), laskea vaijeri (to throw off the rope), karistaa yltään ies (throw off the yoke), irrottaa vaijeri voimansiirrosta (to throw off the rope). (various references)

French

se déborder, précipiter. (various references)

Frisian

ôfsmite (cast, cast off, fling off, get rid of, shed). (various references)

German

von sich geben (heave up, spout, utter), loswerden (dispose of, get away from, get out of smb.'s mind, get rid of, lose, rid, rid oneself of, ridded, shake off, shed, shift, shut out, spend, to get rid of, work off), abwerfen (buck off, cast off, discard, drop, jettison, parachute, parachute in, produce, release, shed, slough off, throw, unhorse, unsaddle, unseat, yield), abschütteln (get rid off, lose, shake off, shake out, slough off), ablegen (cast aside, cast off, discard, file, give up, lay aside, lay away, lay down, outgrow, pass, pull away, put aside, put down, put off, remove, renounce, shed, shove off, shuffle off, store, swear, to discard, ungird, unlearn), abgeben (cast, check, concede, deliver, dispense, emit, exhale, express, fire, get in, give away, give in, give off, give up, hand in, hand over, leave, make, pass, put out, relinquish, render, resign, send out, submit, throw out, to deliver, to dispense). (various references)

Greek 

απαλλάσομαι (purge). (various references)

Hungarian

levet (exuviate, to precipitate, to put off, to shuffle off, to slip, to take off, to throw off). (various references)

Italian

sbarazzarsi di (shake off, shrug off). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

脱ぎ捨てる (to fling, to kick off, to throw off), 振り落す (to shake off, to throw off), 振り落とす (to shake or throw off), �"ち解ける (to be frank, to open one's heart, to throw off reserve). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うちとける (to be frank, to open one's heart, to throw off reserve), ふりおとす (to shake off, to shake or throw off, to throw off), ぬぎすてる (to fling, to kick off, to throw off). (various references)

Manx

ceau jeh (abdicate, lay aside, leave off, pull off). (various references)

Pig Latin

owthray offay

Portuguese

libertação do tambor de sondagem (to throw off the rope), desengrenar o tambor de sondagem (to throw off the rope). (various references)

Romanian

lãsa liber (loose, loosen), dezbrãca (disarray, disrobe, Harry, Peel, strip, take off, undress), arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, chuck, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, peg, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, reject, rush, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, throw away, throw out, toss, tumble). (various references)

Russian 

скинуть (throw down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbaciti (buck, cast off, dethrone, spill, throw down), skinuti (decorticate, divest, do away, doff, get down, pull off, remove, shed, skim, strip, take down, take off, unfix, unhang, vail). (various references)

Spanish

quitarse (absent onself, come out, depart, dismiss, doff, draw off, get off, go away, leave, lift, pull off, put off, raise, shed, shuffle off, skin, slip off, take away, take off, throw, unseat, wash off, wear off), arrojar (belch, bring up, cast, cast out, catapult, chuck, disgorge, dump, emit, fling, give, give off, give out, hawk, hawk up, heave, hurl, jerk, reject, release, result, shoot, skid, sling, slingshots, spew, tell off, throw, throw down, throw out, toss), dejarse (allow, come out, lay, let), deshacerse (break up, come apart, dispose of, fall apart, fall to pieces, make away with, palm), despedir (abrogate, discard, discharge, dismiss, eject, fire, give notice, give off, give out, order off, pay off, release, sack, see out, send off, send out, shoot off, shoot out, stand off, throw, throw out, turn away), emitir (beam, broadcast, cast, emit, express, float, give, give off, give out, issue, launch, release, return, send, send out, throw out, vent), hacer rápidamente (throw together), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield), quedar (abide, agree, be situated, come off, come up, drop, fall on, fall upon, jack in, keep, lead off, leave, leave off, leave over, let into, line out, meet, remain, rest, stay, stick around, take away, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw down, throw over, throw up, trail, trim away, trim off, weaken, wind), zafarse (skulk), quitarse de encima (drive away, drive off, get off, shift), renunciar (abjure, back out, disclaim, pass up, quitclaim, renounce, resign, revoke, throw up, trade off), reponerse (get over, get well, perk up, pull through, recover, recuperate, revive), sacudirse (jerk, jig, kill oneself, rock, shake off, thrash about, toss, toss about, toss around, toss up), sacudirse a (ditch, thrash about), salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), improvisar (ad lib, extemporize, fake, improvise, jam, vamp). (various references)

Swedish

kasta av sig (fling off, toss off), bli kvitt (get rid of), avkasta (crop, return, yield). (various references)

Turkish

kurtulmak (be freed, be recovered from, be rid of, be saved, break away, break loose, break oneself of a habit, defecate, discard, disengage, dispose of, ditch, elude, escape, evade, extricate oneself, free oneself, get away, get clear of, get out of, get rid of, make a bonfire of, make away with, pull through, put off, quit oneself, recover, shake off, smooth away), başından atmak (brush off, get rid of, shunt), ava başlamak, atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, come through, dish, dodge, escape, get over, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, outwit, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, shake, skip, slip, stall off, take, tide over, turn, ward off), üstünden atmak (put off, spill, work off), çiziktirmek (dash down, dash off, scrawl), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references)

Ukrainian

скидати (bare, cast, cast down, cast off, deduct, deject, depose, detrude, dismount, dump, jettison, kick off, lay off, precipitate, remove, shuck off, subvert, throw down, toss), відраховувати (deduct, tell off), виділяти (accent, accentuate, apportion, appropriate, discriminate, evolve, excrete, exempt, exude, give off, ooze, point out, secrete, signalize, single out, singularize, tab), позбутися (forfeit, get rid of, lose, put off, shake off). (various references)

exsolvistis. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: forth, froth, howff, ortho, rowth, thoro, throw, whoof, whort, worth, wroth.

-4 letters: foot, fort, frow, hoof, hoot, howf, roof, root, roto, thro, toff, toro, trow, woof, wort.

-5 letters: foh, for, fro, hot, how, off, oft, oho, ooh, oot, ort, rho, rot, row, tho, too, tor, tow, two, who, woo, wot.