aback Meaning & Definition

  • En [ əˈbæk]
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Meaning of aback In English

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Examples of aback

  • I was at first taken aback, not quite sure what was going on.

  • The arguments confounded many, and the western press was taken aback.

  • That took us all aback, but they are experiences that are remembered with a degree of pleasure.

  • I think that everyone here was taken aback by this enumeration of the amendments that have been refused, often without very detailed explanations.

  • I am equally grateful, though slightly taken aback, that he has answered them as well.

  • I was a little taken aback to see that we had been relegated to the last page and almost the last paragraph.

  • I was always taken aback by the lack of knowledge of local people about what was going on.

  • I was a little taken aback suddenly to find that he had tabled early-day motion 1809.

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