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Definition of flummox verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

flummox

verb

NAmE//ˈflʌməks//

[usually passive] (not used in the progressive tenses) flummox somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they flummox

he / she / it flummoxes

past simple flummoxed

(informal) to confuse someone so that they do not know what to say or do I was flummoxed by her question.

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