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noun

a social appointment or date arranged, usually by a third person, between two people who have not met.

either of the participants in such an arrangement.

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Origin of blind date

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Words nearby blind date

blind as a bat, blind blocking, blind casing, blindcat, blind copy, blind date, blind door, blind-emboss, blinder, blinders, blindfish

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How to use blind date in a sentence

She decided to give things another shot, wondering if that missing spark was simply because it was a virtual blind date during a pandemic.
Date Lab: He was prepared to get roasted|Prachi Gupta|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
She was working for the FBI as a researcher when she met her future husband on a blind date.
Penelope Laingen, who united nation with yellow ribbons during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 89|Emily Langer|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
This girl named Sue, who my mom was really good friends with, Sue set my mom and dad up on a blind date.
Danica Patrick on Why She Never Loved Racing and Her Post-Track Career|Joshua Eferighe|January 30, 2021|Ozy
The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

In my four years of college, I know exactly one woman who has asked a man out on a date.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And in this era of impact-blind, across-the-board budget cuts, we see an opportunity.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture|Amy Zimmerman|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As I sign the forms to be admitted to have surgery the next day, I ask my husband the date.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bessires was included because he would never win it at any later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The blind Samson of labor will seize upon the pillars of society and bring them down in a common destruction.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement

British Dictionary definitions for blind date

blind date

noun informal

a social meeting between two people who have not met before

either of the persons involved

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