сбить с толку — meaning in English
sbit s tolku
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English meaning
- baffle verb To leave someone completely confused, unable to work something out.
- discombobulate verb To make someone feel confused or muddled.
- obfuscate verb To make something unclear or hard to understand, usually on purpose and in order to hide the truth.
Senses
сбить с толку is used for these senses in English:
- baffle To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]
- discombobulate (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
- mess up (transitive, slang) To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.
- obfuscate To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
baffle — full definition
- verb To leave someone completely confused, unable to work something out.
- verb To stop someone's plans or efforts from succeeding.
- verb (nautical) Of wind or weather, to make it difficult for a ship to make headway.
- verb To slow down or control the flow of a liquid, gas, light or sound.
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