throw sb off balance
to confuse or upset someone for a short time by saying or doing something that they are not expecting:
The question threw him off balance for a moment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- blind sb with science idiom
- blur
- cloud
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox
- fox
- fuddle
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix
- mix sb up
- muddy
- puzzle
- throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
- tie
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance
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