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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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knock back

Part of Speechverb

To stun; to surprise.

In a Sentence

“I was knocked back by the sheer size of the hall.”

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Related Words

set backput backknock outstuntake abackknock downknock deadstrike dumb

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