No, I wasn't expecting that at all; it was a total blindside.
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Blindside
//ˈblaɪndˌsaɪd//
Synonyms for "blindside" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
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2 entrieshas context
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8 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 11 languages.
Czech
1 entries- slepý úhel noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
Finnish
1 entries- kuollut kulma noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
French
2 entries- angle mort noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
- prendre par surprise verb (catch off guard)
German
4 entries- aus heiterem Himmel überfallen verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
- kalt erwischen verb (catch off guard)
- unerwartet herfallen über verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
- überraschen verb (catch off guard)
Italian
1 entries- angolo morto noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- dødvinkel noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
- overrumple verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
- overrumple verb (catch off guard)
- ta på sengen verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- overrumple verb (catch off guard)
- ta på senga verb (catch off guard)
Polish
4 entries- martwe pole noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
- potrącać verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
- potrącić verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
- zaskakiwać verb (catch off guard)
Russian
2 entries- застать врасплох verb (catch off guard)
- уда́рить исподтишка verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
Spanish
4 entries- lado ciego noun (motor vehicle/train/tram driver's field of blindness)
- ampayar con la guardia abajo verb (catch off guard)
- atacar por el lado ciego verb (To attack (a person) on his or her blind side)
- cachar inadvertidamente verb (catch off guard)
Swedish
2 entries- ta på sängen verb (catch off guard)
- överrumpla verb (catch off guard)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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