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blind⋅side

  [blahynd-sahyd]
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–verb (used with object), -sid⋅ed, -sid⋅ing.
1. Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
2. Informal. to attack critically where a person is vulnerable, uninformed, etc.: The president was blindsided by the press on the latest tax bill.
Origin:
1970–75; v. use of n. phrase blind side
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blind-side or blind·side   (blīnd'sīd')
tr.v.   blind-sid·ed or blind·sid·ed, blind-sid·ing or blind·sid·ing, blind-sides or blind·sides

  1. To hit or attack on or from the blind side.

  2. To catch or take unawares, especially with harmful or detrimental results: "The recent recession, with its wave of corporate cost-cutting, blind-sided many lawyers" (Aric Press).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
blindside

  1. tv.
    [for someone or something] to surprise someone, as if sneaking up on the blind side of a one-eyed person (or animal). : The new tax law blindsided about half the population.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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