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How the surprised are taken
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aback
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, from Old English on bæc "at or on the back;" see back (n.). Now surviving mainly in taken aback , originally a nautical expression in reference to a vessel's square sails when a sudden change of wind flattens them back against the masts and stops ...
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