off balanceadjective [ after verb ], adverb
uk/ˌɒf ˈbæl.əns/us/ˌɑːf ˈbæl.əns/If someone or something is off balance, that person or thing is in a position where they are likely to fall or be knocked down:
A gust of wind knocked/threw her off balance and she fell.
confused or uncertain about what to do next:
Many Republicans were thrown off balance by the Democrats' landslide at the polls.
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Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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