" threw off "

[Verb]  | "throw off" 

1: to free oneself from : get rid of

2: to cast off often in a hurried or vigorous manner : abandon

3: distract, divert

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "bal*ance" | \ ˈba-lən(t)s \

1: physical equilibrium

2: the ability to retain one's balance

3: mental and emotional steadiness

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Late Latin bilanc-, bilanx having two scalepans, from Latin bi- + lanc-, lanx plate;

[Idiom]  | "throw/knock (someone) off (his/her) stride" 

1: to cause (someone) to be unable to continue walking or running steadily. —often used figuratively

[Verb]  | "threw off" 

[Verb]  | "throw off"