Question

1.The team was taken….…. by the defeat.

Answer 1

‘Be Taken aback’ is an idiom that is used as a unit to express shock or surprise for example: She was completely taken aback by his anger.

So the correct option for the blank is ‘aback’.

The team was taken aback by the defeat.

Answer 2

The team was taken aback by the defeat.  (taken aback here means surprised and disconcerted)