throw off

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toconfuse; especially, toloseapursuer.I never saw her without glasses before, so itthrewmeoffwhen she got contact lenses.1940, Lord Dunsany,The Story of Mona Sheehy, page170:"Then," said the tinker, "maybe the thing for us to do would be to go by queer ways, by bohereens and the like of that, and for us to get of the straight road to Rathmoon, the way that no-one will find us except the tinkers, for we can'tthrow offthem."'1999, Jon Sharpe,Trailsman 207: Chimney Rock Burial:"Well," he said as they reached the livery, "we could go north orthrow them offour trail. That would add a day to our trip, though."; (idiomatic)To introduceerrorsorinaccuracies; toskew.The dirt in the apparatusthrew offthe results.2011, Tom Verducci,Inside Baseball: The Best of Tom Verducci:“Varying the speeds of your pitches tothrow offthe timing of the hitter is much more important than it used to be,” Yankees righthander David Cone says.2020, Max Domi,No Days Off: My Life with Type 1 Diabetes and Journey to the NHL, page54:Too much activity one day canthrow offmy blood sugar as much as if I am not active the next.; (transitive)Of a horse, to eject its rider.; Toflingaway.1882March 11, Richard A. Proctor, “The Vistas of the Past: The Moon and the Earth”, inThe Living Age, volume152, page813:Long before the tidal wave had again grwon sufficiently high tothrow offspray, the spray lastthrown offwould have passed beyond its reach.1910,The Federal Reporter - Volume 180, page423:It was conceded on the final hearing and is shown by the proof, and I find as a fact that, while this rapid revolution of the cans fresh from the solder bath would throw off superflous solder, it would frequentlythrow offtoo much at points so as to leave unsoldered places, causing leaks .2018, Robert Routledge,Discoveries and Inventions of the Ninteenth Century, page123:The requirements of the traffic necessitate not only solidly contructed iron-covered snow-sheds, but massive snow-ploughs tothrow offthe track the deep snow which could no other way be prevented from interrupting the working of the line .; Toexpel,reject, orrenounce.1727, Edward Strother,Materia Medica, page196:Silver is gotten thus, They take the Ore and dry it, then they burn it, and powder it very fine, they dilute it with Water, andthrow offthe light Powder that swims at Top, by decanting gently:1852, Spencer Thomson,A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery, page194:Moreover, during the progress of disease, nothing assists more the powers of the constitution, which tends toward health, and tothrow offthe enemy, than a cheerful and hopeful mind; as the people call it, a "good spirit;"1914,Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon:They generally shut the mill down a little (when the belts are to bethrown off), and you have to take the belt in your hand andthrow it off.2011, Tom Cunliffe,The Complete Day Skipper:If you don't have enough crew, justthrow offeverything except the stern line, then bring that in as you engage gear.2013, Frank Sargeson,Conversation in a Train and Other Critical Writings:Now it would be too much to say that the New Zealand novelist has to get completely out from under the shadow of these great men—nevertheless it is true that he must endeavour tothrow offtheir influence, insofar as it may hinder him from attempting to grapple with the New Zealand scene.2017, David J. Landegent,Colossians: A Commentary:We might expect Paul to tell the colossians tothrow offthe same sins that they were to necrotize, but instead he provides a new list of five sins which need to be removed.2018, Ken Casey,Tournament Bridge for Beginning Players:Whenever you have a singleton and QJx, you get tothrow off2 losers, not just one.2018, Jonathan Wyatt,Therapy, Stand-Up, and the Gesture of Writing:Reality itself, in the way of the abject, keeps returning to the stand-up comedian, whothrows it offin the form of jokes.; Tosplitoff.1824, John Claudius Loudon,An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, page968:And when what is called the black sap is descending the tree, the bark taken off is black, and loses its original color; and at this time also the bark begins tothrow offa scurf , more especially young bark without much cork on it ; this outer skin having less of the proper sap or juice , and being much drier when taken off , will weigh less , and consequently will not be so valuable .1826June, “Geography of Central Africa: Denham and Clapperton's Journals”, inBlackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume19, page700:The Reviewer states: "Bellaltold Major Denham that the KOWARA did notthrow offa branch atBoussa, but that a CONFLUENCE of branches took placeat Boussa, the one from thesouthand the other from the NORTHWEST."1941March, “Notes and News: Railway Isolation in the Pennines”, inRailway Magazine, page140:This is the branch of the Midland Division of the L.M.S.R. from Garsdale to Hawes, incidentally the only branchthrown offby the Settle and Carlisle main line in the 73 miles of its length from Settle junction to Petteril junction, Carlisle.2022, Thomas Henry Huxley,Lectures and Essays:That is the case with many bulbous plants, whichthrow offin this way secondary bulbs, which are lodged in the ground and become developed into plants.; To give forth in anunpremeditatedmanner.1904, Walter Mason Camp,Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance - Volume 2, page720:Then when the work train comes along it will be an easy matter tothrow offthe required number, almost in place.; Todeductfrom a price in order to compensate for problems.1885,Journal of the Senate of the State of Ohio - Volume 81, page182:Now , wasn't it the understanding that you and Hall together were tothrow offtwo thousand dollars from the amount, or from your interest in bid?1897,Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division Third Dept. Vol. 72, page36:Mr. Parsons came in to see me about the matter, and wanted to know what I wouldthrow offfrom the mortgage. I told him I wouldn'tthrow offone cent, and I had no reason why I shouldthrow offanything, that I was protected.1915,The Northwestern Reporter - Volume 152:I wanted him tothrow off$1.25 an acre for the land not plowed.; (informal,transitive)To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.Shethrew offher coat.; (slang,Australia)Toinsultor verbally abuse (someone).; (backgammon)Synonym ofbear off.

Examples:

EN: I want you throw off all your prejudices against me and listen.
ES: Quiero que te deshagas de todos tus prejuicios contra mí y me escuches.
EN: I want to throw off his mask.
ES: Quiero quitarle su máscara.
EN: Now throw off that money box.
ES: ¡Y ahora la caja del dinero! ¡Vamos!
EN: Hey, Uncle Jeff, throw off your spring line!
ES: ¡Tío Jeff, suelte las amarras!
EN: I want to throw off my individual troubles, and begin my new life - it's good that I've already died once!
ES: Quiero resolver todos mis problemas y comenzar una nueva vida. ¡Será bueno que ya haya muerto!
EN: Any insertion or an extra word or movement on the stage... would naturally throw off that calculation.
ES: Cualquier inserción, palabra de más, o movimiento en el escenario echaría abajo todo el cálculo.
EN: Unable to throw off her intoxicating embrace, and my own curiosity,
ES: ¡Intenten escapar de tan irresistible abrazo! Empujado por la curiosidad, la seguí.
EN: I can picture myself now, the place is crowded, I'm coming down the aisle, ljump in the ring, I throw off my robe, and the whole crowd lets out a terrific roar.
ES: Ya me lo imagino, hay mucha gente, paso por el pasillo, entro al ring, me quito la bata, y el público grita de emoción.
EN: Fight, fight, throw off the glove
ES: ¡Luchas, luchad! ¡Arrojad el guante!
EN: If you get flustered, it'll throw off the calibration.
ES: Si te pones nerviosa, estropearás la calibración.
EN: I understand that this has been a great shock to you. But I'm going to ask you to throw off this passionate obstinacy to do the right thing.
ES: Sé que esto ha sido un gran impacto para ti pero te pido que dejes toda esa obstinación apasionada para hacer lo correcto.
EN: Hop aboard and throw off an a rope.
ES: ¡Salta y amárranos!
EN: Who council you to throw off womens clothes and dress like a man?
ES: ¿... que abandonaseis las ropas de mujer y os vistierais como un hombre?
EN: Meanwhile, 'Ntoni has convinced his family to mortgage the house for cash... and now explains to his friends... how they too can work on their own like the Valastros... to throw off their yoke.
ES: Mientras, 'Ntoni convenció a su familia de hipotecar la casa y conseguir dinero... y ahora explica a sus amigos... cómo ellos pueden trabajar por sí mismos, como los Valastro... para librarse de su esclavitud.
EN: Here's five dollars for boxes he throw off truck.
ES: Aquí tiene 5 dólares por las cajas que tiró mi marido.

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