Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To hit or attack on or from the blind side.
- transitive verb To catch or take unawares, especially with harmful or detrimental results.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to attack a person from his blind side; metaphorically, to give a person an unpleasant suprise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun automotive A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
- noun rugby the space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the
breakdown /set piece and thetouchline ; compareopenside . - noun rugby union short for blindside flanker, a position in
rugby union , usually number6 . - verb informal To catch
off guard ; to take bysurprise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed
- verb catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences
Etymologies
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Examples
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Williams, who protects McNabb's blindside, is eager to play in a must win game for the struggling Redskins.
Trent Williams hopes sore toe will allow him to play Sunday Jason Reid 2010
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There are two types of 'blindside' - blindsiding an enemy during one of their attacks seems to make the duration last longer, rather than blindsiding them as they approach your character.
IGN Complete 2009
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This blow hit with all the unforeseen and devastating force of a blindside, which is what it was.
kateelliott: This is two posts, but they became the s kateelliott 2009
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This blow hit with all the unforeseen and devastating force of a blindside, which is what it was.
March 9th, 2009 kateelliott 2009
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In his first public comment, Mottaki on Sunday called his blindside firing "un-Islamic, undiplomatic and offensive," according to the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
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In his first public comment, Mottaki on Sunday called his blindside firing "un-Islamic, undiplomatic and offensive," according to the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
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In his first public comment, Mottaki on Sunday called his blindside firing "un-Islamic, undiplomatic and offensive," according to the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
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In his first public comment, Mottaki on Sunday called his blindside firing "un-Islamic, undiplomatic and offensive," according to the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
SFGate: Top News Stories By NASSER KARIMI 2010
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In his first public comment, Mottaki on Sunday called his blindside firing "un-Islamic, undiplomatic and offensive," according to the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
SFGate: Top News Stories By NASSER KARIMI 2010
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"The blindside was a big issue in the first half, and I wasn't pleased with the amount of leniency they were given to come onto our side of the ruck," he frowned.
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