verb #Idioms #English #esl

throw off {v.}

1. To get free from.

He was healthy enough to throw off his cold easily.

Compare: RID OF.

1. To mislead; confuse; fool.

They went by a different route to throw the hostile bandits off their track.

1. To produce easily or as if without effort.

She could throw off a dozen poems in a night. Categories: verb