catch somebody off-balance
throw somebody off-balance
throw somebody off balance

With bound hands, she was thrown off-balance and staggered back against the coffee table.

He sat down beside her, thrown off-balance by the role she had assumed.

I was thrown off-balance once more as the boat slowed abruptly.

Her speed surprised him, and de Vries was thrown off-balance for just an instant.

John had an athlete's eye for the nuances of physical performance: the shortstop threw off-balance.

But the right, while thrown off-balance this week by the sudden agreement, says it is not about to be shoved onto the curb.

The painting speaks for a world that is thrown off-balance by a miraculous happening.

Hatsumomo doesn't even know it, but she's just been thrown off-balance herself.

Now that he has been thrown off-balance by the dear children, I may be able to get a few sensible answers out of him.

Josh staggered, thrown off-balance by the unexpected burden of her.