Meanings
verb
- participlepastpast participle of take back
adjectivetaken back (comparative more taken back, superlative most taken back)
comparative more taken back · superlative most taken back
- alternativeAlternative form of taken aback
When we got to Tim's I gave it to him, told him it would look much more beautiful on him than on me. He was real taken back, at first he refused it but later accepted thanking me so.
1973 February 13, Lou Sullivan, Diary
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