take aback

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taken aback

[taken aback] also [taken back] {adj.} Unpleasantly surprised; suddenly puzzled or shocked. * /When he came to pay for his dinner he was taken aback to find that he had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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back

[back] See: [BACK OF] or [IN BACK OF], [BEHIND ONE'S BACK], [BRUSH BACK], [COME BACK], [CUT BACK], [DOUBLE BACK], [DRAW BACK], [DROP BACK]. [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

back-to-back

[back-to-back] {adv.} 1. Immediately following. * /The health clinic had back-to-back appointments for the new students during the first week of school./ 2. Very close to, as if touching. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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