put sb off their stride/stroke
mainly UKto take someone's attention away from something they are doing for a short time, making it more difficult to do:
The slightest noise puts him off his stride when he's performing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Creating a distraction
- distract
- distraction
- diversion
- divert
- escape
- mind
- put
- put sb off (sth)
- put sb off their stride idiom
- sidetrack
- smoke and mirrors
- stride
- subject
- take
- take sb out of himself/herself
- take sb's mind off sth idiom