Help and Take aback

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Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Take aback is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Take aback verb - Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.

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Help is an antonym for take aback in topics: defeat, confuse, disappoint, astound.

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