Usually means: Unexpectedly encounter, causing astonishment.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. take (someone or something) by surprise, take by surprise: Merriam-Webster
  2. take by surprise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take by surprise: Dictionary.com
  4. take by surprise: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. take by surprise: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take by surprise: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take by surprise: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take by surprise: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take by surprise)

▸ verb:  To occur to someone when unexpected; to surprise.

Similar:
surprise, catch out, overtake, happen across, come over, come upon, catch, find, sneak up, happen, more...

Opposite:
anticipate, expect, foresee, prepare

Types:
ambush, startle, shock, stun, catch off guard, catch unawares, take aback, surprise attack, more...

Phrases:
to take by surprise, more...

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Similar:
surprise, catch out, overtake, happen across, come over, come upon, catch, find, sneak up, happen, more...

Opposite:
anticipate, expect, foresee, prepare

Types:
ambush, startle, shock, stun, catch off guard, catch unawares, take aback, surprise attack, more...

Phrases:
to take by surprise, more...



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