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off balance
Surprised, unprepared, as in The teacher gives unannounced tests to keep the class off balance . [Second half of 1900s]
Out of equilibrium, unsteady, as in When learning how to ride a two-wheeler, it's easy to get off balance and fall , or She stood up and threw the canoe off balance . [Mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
Experiencing the constant interplay of shapes and groups in person can throw you off balance, according to her friend and mentor, artist Leslie Lanxinger.
She felt nauseous, dizzy, fatigued, a bit off balance and her eyesight started to be affected with black dots impairing her vision.
His use of a signature splitter and curveball kept hitters off balance.
There’s a school of thought that, in tangling with adversaries, it’s sometimes wise to seem unpredictable—to tip them off balance.
Lund said he thinks one aim of Trump’s statements might be “keeping other people off balance,†including political adversaries in California.
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