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aback

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aback/əˈbak/

▶adverb

1 archaic towards or situated to the rear.

2 Sailing with the sail pressed back against the mast by a headwind.

– phrases
take someone aback shock or surprise someone.

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