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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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB take ▪ Being surprised by opinion polls is like being taken aback by blue skies. ▪ Intel was taken aback by the intensity of public anger. ▪ The young major was momentarily taken aback by the sheer opulence of the ...
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