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blindside
- /ˈblaɪndˌsaɪd/
noun blindsides · blind side · blind-side
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A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
Similar: blind spot
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A tram/train driver's field of blindness around a tram (trolley/streetcar) or a train; the side areas behind the tram/train driver.
Similar: blind spot
- A person's weak point.
- The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside. Showing no ill-effects from her lay-off, the full-back had already beaten three defenders on a jagging kick return, when she was sprung down the blindside a minute later.
- The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6. The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.
verb blindsides · blindsiding · blindsided · blind side · blind-side
- To attack (a person) on their blind side. The robbers crept out of the forest and blindsided the traveller.
- 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.
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noun motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness
| Español | lado ciego |
|---|---|
| Français | angle mort |
| Italiano | angolo morto |
verb To attack (a person) on their blind side
| Español | atacar por el lado ciego |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | überraschend angreifen, unerwartet herfallen über, aus heiterem Himmel überfallen |
| Русский | уда́рить исподтишка udáritʹ ispodtiška |
verb catch off guard
| Español | pillar desprevenido, cachar inadvertidamente, ampayar con la guardia abajo, interprender |
|---|---|
| Français | prendre par surprise |
| Deutsch | überrumpeln, überraschen, kalt erwischen |
| Русский | застать врасплох zastatʹ vrasplox |
Talk about this word "blindside." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blindside. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blindside. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blindside "blindside." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blindside.Cite this
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title = {blindside},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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