To throw off. Of a horse: to cast his rider (archaic or dialect), to cast a shoe (the ordinary phrase).

transitive. To throw or drag (a person) from his horse, esp. in battle. Also in figurative context.

transitive. Of a horse or other riding animal (also of a vehicle (rare)): to unseat or shake off (a rider). Frequently in passive.

To dislodge from a saddle. Also figurative.

transitive. To dislodge from a seat (esp. on horseback).

(causal) To throw down from a horse, etc.; to unseat, unhorse.

transitive. Of a horse: to unseat, throw (its rider). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. to funk (a person) off: (of a horse) to throw off (a rider); to cause to fall off.

transitive. Of a horse: To unseat, throw (the rider).

transitive. To unhorse, dismount.

intransitive. Of a horse: To leap vertically from the ground, drawing the feet together like a deer, and arching the back. Also transitive. to bu…

To get (a person) out of the way. In early use chiefly with away (see also 12a). In later use without adv.: To get rid of (an enemy or rival). Now…