Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
verb
To affect negatively, often in an unexpected manner; to derail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Qualifier: often in the passive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
In the Age of Sail, ships were occasionally diverted by unexpected winds, getting lost possibly to shipwreck or to a new destination. See blown off course on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
