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throw off
verb as in elude, escape
Example Sentences
She’s a proud critic of 4100 Bar regulars — she says people keep walking into her cue stick, throwing off her shots, and not apologizing.
Though both are esteemed actors in their own right, neither is too self-important to throw off the balance in front of the camera.
“We will demolish the deep state,” the president-elect often said at his campaign rallies, “We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country.”
Vu explained, "Whipped butter would not be great to use since the additional air whipped in can throw off volume measurements — such as cups or tablespoons — in baking recipes."
She said reporters should throw off the traditional journalistic imperative of brevity and simplicity and quote Trumpov in full, revealing how he actually expresses himself.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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