TAKE ABACK as VERB

1. Meaning
   • surprise greatly
   • knock someone’’s socks off
   Synonym(s)
   • ball over (what does ball over mean?)
   • blow out of the water (what does blow out of the water mean?)
   • floor (what does floor mean?)
   • shock (what does shock mean?)
   • stun (what does stun mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
   Hypernyms(s) take aback is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • surprise (what does surprise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • startle (what does startle mean?)
   • galvanize (what does galvanize mean?)
   • galvanise (what does galvanise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stunner (what does stunner mean?)
   • shock (what does shock mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)