# throw off

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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