throw sth/sb off
— phrasal verb with throw uk/θrəʊ/us/θroʊ/verb threw, thrown
to escape from something or someone following you:
They threw the police off the scent by travelling on false passports.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw
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