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blindside

 verb
     
blind‧side [transitive] American English informal
1 to hit the side of a vehicle with your vehicle in an accident:
Their car was blindsided by a bus at the intersection.
2 to give someone an unpleasant surprise:
I was blindsided by his suggestion.
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