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in the dark

In a state of ignorance, uninformed, as in I was in the dark about their plans . This metaphor often appears in the locution keep someone in the dark , meaning “deliberately keep someone uninformed,” as in They kept me in the dark about their plans . [Late 1600s] For an antonym, see in the know .
In secret, in concealment, as in This agreement was concluded in the dark . [Early 1600s]

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Not even the most fertile imagination could have conjured a better monster-in-the-dark than IS.

They brand your right hand with a glow-in-the-dark stamp, and in you go.

Despite the eyes-in-the-dark logo and dramatic name, Jackson said they intended the site to teach rather than threaten.

Others call it the fisher, although it never fishes, while to the Indians it is the pekan—the killer-in-the-dark.

Then into the next burrow and the next this Death-in-the-dark hastened.

It is largely a hit-or-miss or grab-in-the-dark method, as it is impossible to clean up the ground in this manner.

And the latest development as this is written is the time-in-the-dark watch.

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