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  • 61take aback — to (be) cause(d) a feeling of surprise or astonishment, often also with disappointment or dismay …

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  • 62take aback — Astonish, surprise, take by surprise, startle …

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  • 63taken aback — surprised, startled, astonished, shocked, astounded, stupefied; flabbergasted, stunned, bewildered, amazed, thunderstruck, dumfounded; perplexed, confounded, nonplused, disconcerted, discomposed, discomfited, Inf. thrown off guard, Inf. thrown… …

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  • 64take aback — idi to surprise; disconcert …

    From formal English to slang

  • 65take somebody aback — ˌtake sb aˈback derived usually passive to shock or surprise sb very much Main entry: ↑takederived …

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  • 68surprise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unexpectedness Nouns surprise, nonexpectation, unexpectedness, the unforeseen, unforeseen contingency or circumstances, miscalculation, astonishment, wonder, thunderclap, turn, blow, shock, bolt from the …

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  • 69take — take1 W1S1 [teık] v past tense took [tuk] past participle taken [ˈteıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(action)¦ 2¦(move)¦ 3¦(remove)¦ 4¦(time/money/effort etc)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(hold something)¦ 7¦(travel)¦ 8 …

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  • 70take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English