throw off
(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
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So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” #motivation #inspiration ▶️Watch the full video now! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkn8K9vk/
TRX4M linkage centering drift ruins steering response. Bent center links on rock throw off geometry. 2 minutes to check if wheels point straight. #TRX4M #RCCrawling #RCTips
For me: Silent sections that start throwing up notes for no reason other than to fill the chart Super fast drum solo time that looks like it was keyboard smashed Unlabelled remixes that throw off your groove to a…
Not shocked at all. ABC cancelling it was faux outrage to begin with. They knew who she was and what she did, they should’ve just showed it as originally planned. There was no way they were just going to eat that cost…
I too would like to throw off the shackles of death
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(idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
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(transitive) Of a horse, to eject its rider.
"Well," he said as they reached the livery, "we could go north or throw them off our trail. That would add a day to our trip, though."
“So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” #motivation #inspiration ▶️Watch the full video now! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkn8K9vk/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“TRX4M linkage centering drift ruins steering response. Bent center links on rock throw off geometry. 2 minutes to check if wheels point straight. #TRX4M #RCCrawling #RCTips”
— Bluesky· May 2026“For me: Silent sections that start throwing up notes for no reason other than to fill the chart Super fast drum solo time that looks like it was keyboard smashed Unlabelled remixes that throw off your groove to a well known song”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Not shocked at all. ABC cancelling it was faux outrage to begin with. They knew who she was and what she did, they should’ve just showed it as originally planned. There was no way they were just going to eat that cost and throw off the whole Bachelor nation cycle smdh”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I too would like to throw off the shackles of death”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
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