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to take aback
01
to surprise someone so much that they are unable to react quickly
Transitive: to take aback sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
aback
Base verb
take
Present tense
take aback
3rd person singular
takes aback
Present participle
taking aback
Past simple
took aback
Past participle
taken aback
Examples
The unexpected news took her aback, and she could n't respond immediately.
