To throw off Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. (b) To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. (c) To make a start in a hunt or race. Eng. (d) To emit. Same as throw out (e). (e) To disconcert or confuse. Same as to throw out (f).