TAKE SB/STH BY SURPRISE

Meaning of TAKE SB/STH BY SURPRISE in English

to attack or capture sb/sth unexpectedly or without warning :

The police took the burglars by surprise.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SURPRISE — n. surprise (-ar)
English interlingue dictionary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SURPRISE — I. noun also sur·prize -īz ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: surprise from Middle English, from Middle French, from …
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BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
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SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
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STH — abbreviation south
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SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SURPRISE — (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken …
Английский словарь Webster
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SURPRISE — — surprisedly /seuhr pruy"zid lee, -pruyzd"-, seuh-/ , adv. — surpriser , n. /seuhr pruyz", seuh-/ , v. , surprised, …
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SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
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TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SURPRISE — I. noun also sur·prize sə(r)-ˈprīz Etymology: Middle English suppryse exaction, seizure, from Anglo-French sousprise, supprise, from feminine of supris, surpris, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
SURPRISE — noun anything that causes such a state or emotion. 2. surprise ·noun to hold possession of; to hold. 3. surprise …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SURPRISE — [sur.prise] also sur.prize n [ME, fr. MF, fr. fem. of surpris, pp. of surprendre to take over, surprise, fr. sur- …
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SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
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TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SURPRISE — / səˈpraɪz; NAmE sərˈp-/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] an event, a piece of news, etc. …
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BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SURPRISE — I. sur ‧ prise 1 S3 W2 /səˈpraɪz $ sər-/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ surprised …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SURPRISE — n. & v. --n. 1 an unexpected or astonishing event or circumstance. 2 the emotion caused by this. 3 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SURPRISE — n. & v. n. 1 an unexpected or astonishing event or circumstance. 2 the emotion caused by this. 3 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
SURPRISE — n. & v. --n. 1. an unexpected or astonishing event or circumstance. 2 the emotion caused by this. 3 the …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SURPRISE — ( surprises, surprising, surprised) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A surprise …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SURPRISE — (~s, surprising, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SURPRISE — [verb] [T]The news surprised (= was unexpected by) everyone.It doesn't surprise me that their parents don't want them to get …
Cambridge English vocab
SURPRISE — Synonyms and related words : admiration, amaze, amazement, ambush, assail, assault, astonish, astonishment, astound, astoundment, attack, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SURPRISE — I. noun 1 feeling of surprise ADJECTIVE ▪ great , total , utter ▪ mild , slight , some ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
SURPRISE — See ↑ SURPRISED/SURPRISING 2,4,6,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a surprise/come as a surprise • ↑ be no surprise/come as no …
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SURPRISE — n. 25B6; noun Kate looked at me in surprise : ASTONISHMENT, amazement, wonder, incredulity, bewilderment, stupefaction, disbelief. the test came …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SURPRISE — v. 1 shock, astound, astonish, amaze, disconcert, nonplus, dumbfound or dumfound, stagger, take aback, strike, hit, Colloq floor, bowl over, …
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SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
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