"off balance" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-off balance.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} off balance, {{en-PP}} off balance
  1. Not physically balanced; not having physical equilibrium. Derived forms: catch off balance, throw off balance
    Sense id: en-off_balance-en-prep_phrase-G4TxrujY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (idiomatic, of a person) surprised; perplexed Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-off_balance-en-prep_phrase-B6q8ZUuQ
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