upset a balance
21balance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equilibrium, steadiness, stability; surplus, excess, rest, remainder; scales. v. offset, even, square; equalize, level, adjust; equal, match. See equality, compensation, symmetry, mean, gravity,… …
22upset — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. overthrow, overturn, capsize; disturb, bother, discompose, disconcert; spoil; perturb; disarrange, unbalance; demoralize. n. reversal, overturn, disorder. See destruction, inversion, change,… …
23upset — Synonyms and related words: abash, abashed, abroad, addle, addle the wits, adrift, afflict, afflicted, afraid, agitate, agitated, agitation, ail, all up with, all overs, amiss, angry, angst, answer, answer conclusively, anxiety, anxiety hysteria …
24upset — v 1. overturn, turn over, overset, throw over, push over, knock over or down; upend, tip over, capsize, keel or keel over, turn topsy turvy, turn upside down, invert, reverse; topple, tumble, precipitate, Inf. spill. 2. perturb, disquiet,… …
25off-balance — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective (or adverb) 1. : not well proportioned : out of balance the plans are off balance their military is off balance 2. : not standing, sitting, or resting in normal physical equilibrium caught off balance and knocked down… …
26A Delicate Balance — Infobox Play name = A Delicate Balance image size = caption = writer = Edward Albee characters = Tobias Claire Agnes Harry Edna Julia setting = premiere = place = Martin Beck Theatre New York City, New York orig lang = English series = subject =… …
27off-balance — also off balance 1) ADJ GRADED: v n ADJ, v link ADJ If someone or something is off balance, they can easily fall or be knocked over because they are not standing firmly. He tried to use his own weight to push his attacker off but he was off… …
28off balance — 1) not steady or upright, for example because more weight is on one side That wheel is off balance. throw/knock someone/something off balance: He kept pulling my arm, throwing me off balance. 2) surprised, upset, or confused by something… …
29throw someone off balance — throw (someone) off balance to confuse or upset someone for a short time by saying or doing something that they are not expecting. I wasn t expecting any interaction with the audience and was thrown off balance by his question. (usually passive) …
30throw off balance — throw (someone) off balance to confuse or upset someone for a short time by saying or doing something that they are not expecting. I wasn t expecting any interaction with the audience and was thrown off balance by his question. (usually passive) …
