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[throw off] {v.} 1. To get free from. * /He was healthy enough to throw off his cold easily./ Compare: [RID OF]. 2. To mislead; confuse; fool. * /They went […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw

[throw] See: [FREE THROW], [PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw away

[throw away] {v.} 1. To get rid of as unwanted or not needed; junk. * /Before they moved they threw away everything they didn't want to take with them./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw off the scent

[throw off the scent] {v. phr.} To mislead; confuse. * /The robbers went different ways hoping to throw the sheriff's men off the scent./ Syn.: [THROW OFF] (2). A Dictionary of American Idioms

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