sight unseen
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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.
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby sight unseen
sight-read, sight rhyme, sight screen, sightsee, sightseeing, sight unseen, sigil, sigillate, SIGINT, Sigismund, Sigismund II
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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