for a loop

1. see knock for a loop.

Example Sentences

“I couldn’t believe it. I got thrown for a loop.”

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In what ways did you feel ready for it and in what ways has it just thrown you for a loop?

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What has thrown me for a loop is fame.

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After years of Top 40 hits, Wilson's ever-more-meticulous compositions and studio wizardry would result in "Pet Sounds," a layered masterpiece that knocked their rock music contemporaries for a loop and set the ambitious course that popular music would take throughout the next decade.

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It threw observers for a loop when it did a short and limited theatrical release for last year’s Brad Pitt and George Clooney action-comedy movie “Wolfs,” instead of a more traditional wide release.

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