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blind side • n. [in sing.] a direction in which a person has a poor view, typically of approaching danger: a minivan nearly clipped him on his blind side.• v. (blind·side) [tr.] hit or attack (someone) on the blind side: Jenkins blindsided Adams, knocking him to the sidewalk. ∎  (often be blindsided) catch (someone) unprepared; attack from an unxpected position: protection against being technologically blindsided.

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