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take aback

verb

1 take aback

Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.

synonyms: ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock.

Roget 508: not expect etc. 507; be taken by surprise; start; miscalculate etc. 481; not bargain for; come upon, fall upon.    be unexpected etc. adj.; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abash, appall, astound, bowl down, bowl over, confound, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, electrify, frighten, jar, jolt, put out, shake, shock, stagger, startle, stun.

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