[
UK
/blˈaɪndsaɪd/
]
[ US /ˈbɫaɪndˌsaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈbɫaɪndˌsaɪd/ ]
VERB
- attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed
-
catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences
The economic downturn blindsided many investors
How To Use blindside In A Sentence
- The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
- England see him as a centre, although he has made an impact for Bath at blindside flanker. Times, Sunday Times
- The visitors stuck to their task and after a series of rucks and mauls the ball was switched to the blindside for Toby Pemberton to drive over.
- There are many international sides who would love a blindside flanker in their team as good as Haskell. Times, Sunday Times
- The 49-year-old was a blindside flanker. Times, Sunday Times
- Pluto's advocates were not asleep -- we were blindsided by a tiny minority of the iAU that violated the group's own bylaws and conducted a vote on the last day of the two week conference on a resolution that had not first been vetted by the proper committee, as IAU rules require. Victoria Advocate stories: News
- He shook off a couple would-be tacklers and bulldogged it for a couple yards more till our own Michael Jameson came flying in like a Mack Truck and blindsided him at the thirteen yard line. An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football
- The whole idea that the White House was "blindsided" by that decision seems awfully suspect to me. TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
- Thune told reporters he was "blindsided" by the story, and has made no plans beyond 2010. Reid, Thune tell tale of 2009
- With luck we can blindside the Zolars for forty-eight hours while we figure a scam to entice them over the border. INCA GOLD
