throw sb/sth into confusion
Frequency: 5.94.2 per million words
Similar to 'plunge into', meaning to cause sudden and total confusion.
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Examples (10)
- The office was thrown into total confusion by her sudden resignation.
- The unexpected announcement threw the financial markets into confusion.
- Contradictory evidence from the witness threw the jury into confusion.
- The quarterback's injury threw the team's game plan into confusion.
- A last-minute change of venue threw the wedding preparations into confusion.
- The new regulations have thrown small business owners into considerable confusion.
- His cryptic message was intended to throw his pursuers into confusion.
- The power outage threw the entire city's traffic system into confusion.
- If we release this information prematurely, it will throw our allies into confusion.
- The discovery of the artifact threw all existing historical theories into confusion.