Defect and Throw off

Defect

Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.

Throw off and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Throw off" instead a verb "Defect".

Throw off

Throw off verb - To draw the attention or mind to something else.
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Defect and throw off are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Throw off".
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