blindside

English

Alternative forms

• blind-side

Etymology

blind +‎ side

Pronunciation

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Noun

blindside (plural blindsides)

1. (automotive) A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
2. (rugby) the space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.
3. (rugby union) short for blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6.

   The blindside [flanker] packs down at the scrum on the blindside.

   • 2011 Septembe 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, BBC Sport:

     However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing.

Translations

driver's field of blindness

• Finnish: kuollut kulma (fi)

Verb

blindside (third-person singular simple present blindsides, present participle blindsiding, simple past and past participle blindsided)

1. (informal) To catch off guard; to take by surprise.

Quotations

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Translations

catch off guard

• Russian: ударить (ru) (udaritʹ) исподтишка (ru) (ispodtiška)