blindside
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈblaɪndˌsaɪd/
blindside (plural blindsides)
- (automotive) A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
- (figurative) A person's weak point.
- (rugby) The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.
- (rugby union) The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6.
- The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.
- (a driver's field of blindness) blind spot
- Spanish: punto ciego
blindside (blindsides, present participle blindsiding; past and past participle blindsided)
- (transitive) To attack (a person) on his or her blind side.
- The robbers crept out of the forest and blindsided the traveller.
- (transitive, figurative, informal) To catch off guard; to take by surprise.
- He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values.
- German: überraschend angreifen, unerwartet herfallen über, aus heiterem Himmel überfallen
- Russian: уда́рить исподтишка
- German: überrumpeln, überraschen
- Russian: застать врасплох
- Spanish: sorprender, tomar por sorpresa, desconcertar, coger por sorpresa
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