IN THE DARK Definition & Meaning

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in the dark

In a state of ignorance, uninformed, as in I was in the dark about their plans . This metaphor often appears in the locution keep someone in the dark , meaning “deliberately keep someone uninformed,” as in They kept me in the dark about their plans . [Late 1600s] For an antonym, see in the know .
In secret, in concealment, as in This agreement was concluded in the dark . [Early 1600s]

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Welsh ministers were "too slow to act and uncoordinated", Davies said, with "many people left in the dark because communications were not good enough - this must not happen again".

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As they ran in the dark past a Thai border police station, the family tripped over a large pipe and tumbled to the ground.

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A similar feeling of being left in the dark is shared by Philip Hawkins, a 57-year-old retired art teacher, from Exeter.

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Now they are imprisoned in El Salvador, according to their families, who have been left in the dark about their fates in a penal system widely condemned for human rights abuses.

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The work was highly classified, and even apprentices sent to assist Mr Prewer and his colleagues were kept in the dark about what they were doing there.

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