Image of aback - by surprise; unexpectedly, often used in the phrase 'taken aback' to describe being surprised or shocked

Image of aback - by surprise; unexpectedly, often used in the phrase 'taken aback' to describe being surprised or shocked

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aback

ADV

by surprise, unexpectedly

by surprise; unexpectedly, often used in the phrase 'taken aback' to describe being surprised or shocked

Frequency

frequent

Difficulty

7.4

Iconic collocation

taken aback suddenly

Examples

she was taken aback by the news
i felt aback by his sudden anger
they were all aback by the unexpected call