VERB | emotion | blow out of the water, shock, floor, ball over, take aback | surprise greatly |
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Meaning | surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will blow out of the water him; The good news will blow out of the water her | |
Synonyms | shock, floor, ball over, take aback | |
Narrower | startle, galvanize, galvanise | To stimulate to action |
Broader | surprise | Cause to be surprised |
Spanish | aturdir, chocar, pasmar, sorprender | |
Catalan | atordir, esbalair, xocar |
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