phrasal verb

Be taken aback

Letter BInseparable

Be taken aback

Be shocked or surprised

Meanings

Be shocked or surprised (intransitive, International English)

Examples

I WAS TAKEN ABACK when I saw him because he's lost all his hair.

Related

be + …Same base verb … + taken abackSame particle

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