Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking aback

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing aback
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take aback

Questions

What does taking aback mean?
present participle and gerund of take aback

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