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Mike2015 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

throw off

Dear teachers,

I went through numerous dictionaries trying to find a definition for "throw off" but there was no definitions.
Would you please tell me what "throw off" means?

Overbreathing "throws off" the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your body, leading to more physical symptoms of anxiety, such as dizziness, a feeling of suffocation etc.
  

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Overbreathing "throws off" the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your body, 'Throw off the balance' = forcibly imbalance

— Mister Micawber

  • Overbreathing "throws off" the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your body, 'Throw off the balance' = forcibly imbalance
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Mike2015Would you please tell me what "throw off" means?Overbreathing "throws off" the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your body,
'Throw off the balance' = forcibly imbalance
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disturbs in a very significant way.

throw off can also be used for a person.
eg Tom was performing brain surgery. Suddenly an elephant walked into the room and threw Tom off.
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In the given sentence, "Overbreathing throws off the balance...suffocation etc.", the verb "throw off" means "disrupts" or "interferes with."

The verb "to throw off" can have a number of senses - generally having to do with shedding or disrupting) for example:

"He jumped on my back and I threw him off." (Here it means "dislodged.")

"The burning wagon threw off sparks a
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Very nice definition. Thanks a million.
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