Idiom
throw off balance
Meaning
To unsettle, to catch by surprise.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The sudden question threw me off balance.”
“The unexpected news about the company merger threw the entire team off balance during the morning meeting.”
“His sudden change in tone during the debate threw the opponent off balance, leaving him unable to formulate a coherent response.”
Examples
simple
“The sudden question threw me off balance.”
contextual
“The unexpected news about the company merger threw the entire team off balance during the morning meeting.”
complex
“His sudden change in tone during the debate threw the opponent off balance, leaving him unable to formulate a coherent response.”
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