"set aback" meaning in English

See set aback in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sets aback [present, singular, third-person], setting aback [participle, present], set aback [participle, past], set aback [past]
Etymology: From set + aback. Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> aback}} set aback (third-person singular simple present sets aback, present participle setting aback, simple past and past participle set aback)
  1. (transitive) To startle or shock; to render (someone) confused or disconcerted. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From set + aback.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets aback",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting aback",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set aback",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set aback",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"aback\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To startle or shock; to render (someone) confused or disconcerted."
      ],
      "id": "en-set_aback-en-verb-quSTA0iD",
      "links": [
        [
          "startle",
          "startle"
        ],
        [
          "shock",
          "shock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To startle or shock; to render (someone) confused or disconcerted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set aback"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From set + aback.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets aback",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting aback",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set aback",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set aback",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "set<,,set> aback"
      },
      "expansion": "set aback (third-person singular simple present sets aback, present participle setting aback, simple past and past participle set aback)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"aback\"",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To startle or shock; to render (someone) confused or disconcerted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "startle",
          "startle"
        ],
        [
          "shock",
          "shock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To startle or shock; to render (someone) confused or disconcerted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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