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throw someone off
confuse or disrupt someone
To make someone confused or stop them following their usual rhythm or plan.
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Why did you forget the appointment?
The change of time threw me off completely.
Working on a Saturday always throws me off for the rest of the week.
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Say: throw someone off
"Throw someone out" means force them to leave, while "throw someone off" means confuse or disrupt them.
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How it fits in a sentence.
throw someone off; be thrown off by something
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Working on a Saturday always throws me off for the rest of the week.
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throw someone off
confuse or disrupt someone
“Working on a Saturday always throws me off for the rest of the week.”
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