phrasal verb

Take aback

Letter TInseparable

Take aback

Surprise or shock

Meanings

Surprise or shock (separable [obligatory], International English)

Examples

The news of her death TOOK me ABACK.

Related

take + …Same base verb … + abackSame particle

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