takesomeoneaback
phrasal verbwithtakeverbuk/teɪk/us/teɪk/took|taken
tosurpriseorshocksomeone so much that they do notknowhow tobehavefor ashorttime:
I was a little takenabackat thedirectnessof thequestion.
Thenewsreally took usaback.
Surprising and shocking
- amaze
- amazing
- amazingly
- astonish
- astonishing
- blinding
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- earth-shatteringly
- earthshakingly
- overtake
- shock tactics
- shocking
- springsomethingonsomeone
- stagger
- staggering
- staggeringly
- stun
- the darnedest thingidiom
- thunderbolt
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