throw for a loop

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throw for a loop (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 throws for a loop,現在分詞 throwing for a loop,過去式 threw for a loop,過去分詞 thrown for a loop)

  1. knock for a loop之同義詞
    • 1997 March, Ron Loutherback, “Beyond the Label: The ABCs of white wine”, 出自 Orange Coast, 卷 23, 期 3,頁號 168:
      He thought he was up-to-date on all the latest wine lingo until a longtime wine writer returned his sample request card with a bold, hand-written note on it that stated, “Send me all samples—ABC!”
      “ABC” threw my friend for a loop. When he called me, I translated the cryptic phrase—ABC is winespeak for “Anything But Chardonnay.”
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