blind side

noun

1. the part of one's field of vision, as to the side and rear, where one is unable to see approaching objects.
2. the side opposite that toward which a person is looking.

blind side

noun

1. rugby the side of the field between the scrum and the nearer touchline
2. the side on which a person's vision is obscured

verb

1. tr to take (someone) by surprise

Word History and Origins

Origin of blind side¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Idioms and Phrases

see under blind spot .

Example Sentences

Sandra Bullock won for ‘The Blind Side’ and Al Pacino lost for both Godfather movies.

From The Daily Beast

Or when The Blind Side—seriously—was nominated for Best Picture?

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“Christian bookstores have a chokehold on the Christian publishing industry,” Evans wrote after The Blind Side flap.

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All the same, Sandra Bullock brought the genre back two years ago with her win for The Blind Side.

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The first portion of this book, strangely enough, really reads like The Blind Side.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps History has dwelt too much on the blind side of this expensive King.

From Project Gutenberg

A wise woman hath made prophecy that this blind side will one day be the death of me.

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He approached the building on the blind side, cautiously as any cat, and crouched to listen in the shadow of the wall.

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This is the blind side of my lodging out of town; I must expect such inconveniences as these.

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All this was Greek, or pedlar's French, to the countrymen; but the students presently found out his blind side.

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