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sight unseen
Idioms and Phrases
Without having viewed the object in question, as in He bought the horse sight unseen . This seeming oxymoron—how can a sight , which means something seen, be not seen?—dates from the late 1800s.Example Sentences
The series focuses on a group of singles going on “dates” with prospective partners sight unseen in a windowless room, separated by a shimmering blue wall, in the hopes of getting engaged in just 10 days.
We asked Times staffers for the films they were most stoked for, sight unseen.
Decades since Luna Luna was packed away, Goldberg rallied a team of investors to buy what might be left of the exhibition from the foundation - sight unseen.
The series begins with 15 single men and 15 single women splitting off into pairs and getting to know each other, one on one, sight unseen, in a “pod” separated by a shimmery blue wall.
Netflix's hit reality dating show is based on the premise that its participants can build lasting relationships and marriages by getting to know another person "sight unseen" – just by talking to them.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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