To Put Someone Off Is to Stop Someone From Doing Something

Another expression that Jose uses is the phrasal verb to put someone off. If you're playing a game of billiard, snooker or darts and Reza is next to you, he's putting you off. Another expression we got with prepositions is to be down on your luck. T-R-A-N-S-F-I-X-E-D. You can see these words in the show notes at engles podcast.com.