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threw off balance

threw off balance is the simple past of throw off balance.

Meaning of throw off balance

Verb

throw off balance (third-person singular simple present throws off balance, present participle throwing off balance, simple past threw off balance, past participle thrown off balance)

  1. (idiomatic) To unsettle, to catch by surprise.

Questions about threw off balance

What is threw off balance the simple past of?
Threw off balance is the simple past of throw off balance.

Words near threw off balance in the dictionary

  1. threw light on
  2. threw money around
  3. threw money away
  4. threw nickels around like manhole covers
  5. threw off
  6. threw off balance
  7. threw off on
  8. threw off the trail
  9. threw on
  10. threw one's back out
  11. threw one's cap over the windmill

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