put sb off (sth)
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to take someone's attention away from what they want to be doing or should be doing:
Once she's made up her mind to do something, nothing will put her off.
Could you be quiet please - I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.
The sudden flash of the camera put the players off their game.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Creating a distraction
- distract
- distraction
- diversion
- divert
- escape
- mind
- put
- put sb off their stride idiom
- put sb off their stride/stroke idiom
- sidetrack
- smoke and mirrors
- stride
- subject
- take
- take sb out of himself/herself
- take sb's mind off sth idiom