Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throw off balance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
throw of-f bal-ance
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To unsettle, to catch by surprise.

Inflected Forms

throws off balance (present, singular) throwing off balance (participle, present) threw off balance (past) thrown off balance (participle, past)

Synonyms

disturb perturb agitate freak sting bother bring down discompose unstring disconcert enturbulate mortify

Questions

What does throw off balance mean?
To unsettle, to catch by surprise.

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