Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took aback

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
took aback
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take aback

Questions

What does took aback mean?
simple past of take aback

How to pronounce took aback

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