put off their stroke
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put someone off their stroke — british phrase to cause someone to stop what they are doing or to make a mistake He was put off his stroke by the arguing in the next room. Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: stroke … Useful english dictionary
put somebody off their stroke — put sb off their ˈstroke idiom (BrE) to make sb make a mistake or hesitate in what they are doing • My speech was going well until I was put off my stroke by an interruption. Main entry: ↑strokeidiom … Useful english dictionary
put someone off their stroke — ► put someone off their stroke disconcert someone so that they make a mistake or hesitate. Main Entry: ↑stroke … English terms dictionary
put someone off their stroke — British to cause someone to stop what they are doing or to make a mistake He was put off his stroke by the arguing in the next room … English dictionary
put someone off their stroke — disconcert someone so that they make a mistake or hesitate. → stroke … English new terms dictionary
put off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put off : present tense I/you/we/they put off he/she/it puts off present participle putting off past tense put off past participle put off 1) to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not… … English dictionary
put (someone) off (their) stride — British, American & Australian, British & Australian to take someone s attention away from what they are doing so they are not able to do it well. She was making funny faces at me, trying to put me off my stroke. When I m playing chess, the… … New idioms dictionary
put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stroke — ► NOUN 1) an act of hitting. 2) Golf an act of hitting the ball with a club, as a unit of scoring. 3) a sound made by a striking clock. 4) an act of stroking with the hand. 5) a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush once across paper… … English terms dictionary
stroke — stroke1 S3 [strəuk US strouk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(illness)¦ 2¦(swimming/rowing)¦ 3¦(sport)¦ 4¦(pen/brush)¦ 5 at a/one stroke 6 on the stroke of seven/nine etc 7 stroke of luck/fortune 8 stroke of genius/inspiration etc 9¦(hit) … Dictionary of contemporary English
