throw off pursuers

throw off pursuers
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  • throw off — verb 1. get rid of (Freq. 2) he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes • Syn: ↑shed, ↑cast, ↑cast off, ↑shake off, ↑throw, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms throw off : present tense I/you/we/they throw off he/she/it throws off present participle throwing off past tense threw off past participle thrown off 1) to quickly remove a piece of clothing Dieter threw off… …   English dictionary

  • throw off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you throw off something that is restricting you or making you unhappy, you get rid of it. [V P n (not pron)] ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past... [V n P] One day depression descended upon him,… …   English dictionary

  • throw — throw1 [ θrou ] (past tense threw [ θru ] ; past participle thrown [ θroun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 send object through air ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 move (someone/something) suddenly ▸ 4 be forced to go to place ▸ 5 look etc. in direction ▸ 6… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • throw somebody off the scent — put/throw sb off the ˈscent idiom to do sth to stop sb from finding you or discovering sth • She changed taxis to throw her pursuers off the scent. Main entry: ↑scentidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • put somebody off the scent — put/throw sb off the ˈscent idiom to do sth to stop sb from finding you or discovering sth • She changed taxis to throw her pursuers off the scent. Main entry: ↑scentidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick off — verb 1. shoot one by one (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑shoot, ↑pip • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 1) pluck the flowers off the bush …   Useful english dictionary

  • wind — wind1 [wīnd] vt. wound or Rare winded, winding [ME winden < OE windan, akin to ON vinda, Ger winden < IE base * wendh , to turn, wind, twist > Arm gind, a ring] 1. a) to turn, or make revolve [to wind a crank] b) to move by or as if by… …   English World dictionary

  • Battle of Tory Island — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Tory Island partof=the French Revolutionary Wars and the Irish Rebellion of 1798 caption=Coastline of Tory Island date=12 October 1798 place=Atlantic Ocean, convert|20|nmi|km north of the Donegal coast …   Wikipedia

  • List of problems solved by MacGyver — This is a list of problems that have been solved by the fictional character MacGyver from the television series of the same name. (This list is not yet comprehensive.) MacGyver employs his resourcefulness and his knowledge of chemistry,… …   Wikipedia

  • Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition — Mahendra Pratap, centre, with (right to left) Maulavi Barkatullah, Werner Otto von Hentig, Kazim Bey, Walter Röhr. Kabul, 1916. The Niedermayer Hentig Expedition was a diplomatic mission sent by the Central Powers to Afghanistan in 19 …   Wikipedia


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