Usually means: Unexpectedly surprising someone, often negatively.
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  1. blindsiding: Merriam-Webster
  2. blindsiding: Vocabulary.com
  3. blindsiding: Wordnik
  4. blindsiding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. blindsiding: Wiktionary
  6. blindsiding: Dictionary.com
  7. blindsiding: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The act by which a person is blindsided, or caught off guard.

Similar:
ambushing, surprisal, surprising, blinding, counterambush, surprisement, startling, countersurprise, bolt from the blue, sucker punch, more...

Opposite:
forewarning, preparing, alerting, informing

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Similar:
ambushing, surprisal, surprising, blinding, counterambush, surprisement, startling, countersurprise, bolt from the blue, sucker punch, more...

Opposite:
forewarning, preparing, alerting, informing



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