Word.ws English Dictionary

throws off the trail

throws off the trail is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throw off the trail.

Meaning of throw off the trail

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To misguide.

Questions about throws off the trail

What is throws off the trail the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Throws off the trail is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throw off the trail.

Words near throws off the trail in the dictionary

  1. throws nickels around like manhole covers
  2. throws of the dice
  3. throws off
  4. throws off balance
  5. throws off on
  6. throws off the trail
  7. throws on
  8. throws one's back out
  9. throws one's cap over the windmill
  10. throws one's hat in the ring
  11. throws one's hat into the ring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: throws off the trail (page history and authors); throw off the trail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “throws off the trail.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/throws_off_the_trail. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.