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thrown off balance

thrown off balance is the past participle 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 thrown off balance

What is thrown off balance the past participle of?
Thrown off balance is the past participle of throw off balance.

Words near thrown off balance in the dictionary

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

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