put off their stride
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English Dictionaryput sb off their stride (
UK ALSO put sb off their stroke)
to take someone's attention away from what they are doing, so that they stop doing it or do it wrong:
He interrupted mid-speech and it put me off my stride. [TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary ▲
Idiomsput off their strideput (someone) off (their) stride [British, American & Australian, British & Australian]to take someone's attention away from what they are doing so they are not able to do it well. She was making funny faces at me, trying to put me off my stroke. When I'm playing chess, the slightest noise can put me off my stride. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
put someone off their strideput (someone) off (their) stride [British, American & Australian, British & Australian]to take someone's attention away from what they are doing so they are not able to do it well. She was making funny faces at me, trying to put me off my stroke. When I'm playing chess, the slightest noise can put me off my stride. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲