单词 | blindside |
释义 | blindsidev. North American. transitive. In sport, to attack or strike (an opponent) on the blind side. Chiefly figurative, to take advantage of a weakness in (another), to take unawares. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [verb (transitive)] > other actions or types of play outshoot1545 football1599 pitch1717 make1819 to warm up1868 to draw out1893 bench1898 foot1900 cover1907 cannonball1911 telegraph1913 unsight1923 snap1951 to sit out1955 pike1956 to sit down1956 wrong-foot1960 blindside1968 sit1977 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > circumvent or overreach overgoc1275 circumvene1526 circumvent1564 undercreep1592 overreach1594 circuit1614 out-juggle1620 outwit?1630 out-plot1648 overwit1671 Cretizea1673 outjockey1714 to steal a march1771 to get over ——1784 Jew1825 outfox1872 outsmart1926 blindside1968 1968 H. Higdon Pro Football, USA 305 Usually it is the quarterback who gets blind-sided as he is about to pass. 1972 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 28 That great sportsman..took the cheapest shot of all time when he slammed into (blindsided, as these brave gladiators say) an overexuberant spectator who ran onto the field in a Baltimore–Miami game. 1973 Newsweek 3 Dec. 33 Tom McCall asked..whether those Republicans who stand with the President were going to be ‘blindsided by any more bombs’. 1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 17 Oct. 9/3 His committee has been accused of ‘blind-siding’ those who are opposed to the proposal. 1983 Fortune 21 Feb. 54/1 Some companies will find themselves blind-sided by competitors they never imagined existed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1968 |
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