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blindsided

[blahynd-sahy-did]

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adjective

Sports.��tackled, hit, or attacked by an opponent on the blind side, out of the player’s field of vision.
The blindsided offensive lineman was taken down by the defensive tackle coming around the other way.
attacked critically or taken by surprise where one is vulnerable, uninformed or unprepared, etc..
Told by a cryptic university official that his keynote address was being canceled “for political reasons,” the blindsided philanthropist was left searching for answers.
(of such an attack, tackle, etc.) delivered from the blind side, unexpectedly, or in a way that exposes or takes advantage of a vulnerability.
A staff meeting is no place for a blindsided assault on an administrator.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of blindside.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blindsided¹

First recorded in 1985–90; blindside + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; blindside + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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When Oscar winner Alex Gibney sent HBO Documentary Films executives an early cut of his new movie, “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” he was blindsided by the feedback he received.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that the reports had blindsided her — she learned of it from news accounts — and that her government was seeking clarification from Washington.

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News of son Garrison Brown’s suicide blindsided the core cast of “Sister Wives.”

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Maybe you heard rumors of imminent layoffs, or maybe you were completely blindsided.

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Ms Knowles said her consultant had been "blindsided" by her relapse, because the transplant had gone so well.

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blind side blindsight

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