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Take aback has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

"I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"

2

To surprise or shock; to discomfit.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
surprise
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
startle
Rhyming Words
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