throw off

1. 1.

   get rid of

   “he shed his image as a pushy boss”

   “shed your clothes”

   Synonymsshedcastcast offshake offthrowthrow awaydrop

   Broaderremove

   Narrowershedabsciseexfoliateautotomize
2. 2.

   get rid of

   “I couldn't shake the car that was following me”

   Synonymsshakeshake offescape from

   Broaderescape

Questions about throw off

What does throw off mean?

throw off means "get rid of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for throw off?

Close synonyms include shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throw off a common word?

throw off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.