Definition of "throw off" in inglés

Verb

1. To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.

   • I never saw her without glasses before, so it threw me off when she got contact lenses.

2. To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.

   • The dirt in the apparatus threw off the results.

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.

   • She threw off her coat.

10. To insult or verbally abuse (someone).

11. Synonym of bear off.

Noun

1. Alternative form of throw-off.