Local English word record

take aback

verb · 1 sense

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

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Examples

  • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

Word relationships

Synonyms

shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water

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Princeton WordNet 3.0