blind date
53
3.3
- noun
- /blaɪnd deɪt/
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- I'm a lucky lady who found the man of her dreams on a blind date, of all things, back in 1971.
- meet on a blind date
- go on a blind date
- arrange a blind date
Kaylee writes in and says went on a blind date with a guy for pizza.
- Kaylee writes in and says went on a blind date with a guy for pizza.
- And then my present wife was, it was a blind date that my brother set up for us.
- So I prefer to go to this blind date with my eyes open, not to assume anything.
- Two years later, three years later, I met my wife on a blind date.
- She's knows I go on blind dates, I think, or maybe she does because she works really hard.
- It is titled Am I the asshole for walking out on a blind date my friend set up two weeks after my husband died.
- It's like going on an actual blind date, but you're you're blind.
- She recently, well, in the last three years went out with this guy blind date.
- The classic oh, oh, blind date, long lost families welcome blind date.
Examples
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Their story started with a blind date at a Union Station movie theater.
Blog text (5) -
Mother, I do not need a blind date.
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I wonder how the blind date went.
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- You were on a blind date?
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- Did you and Love go on a blind date?
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There is absolutely no way I am going on another blind date.
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You know, come to think of it... a blind date might not be a bad idea either.
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Lena felt just a little anxious, like before a blind date.
Fiction book (1996) -
David met Ruth, a prickly book designer with a ponytail, on a blind date neither of them particularly wanted to go on.
Fiction book (1993) -
She was nervous before her first blind date, but it turned out to be a great experience.
How Arranged
683
3.4
13
4.3
- Informal
1
3.8
53
3.3
93
1.0
- Informal
122
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an arranged meeting between people who haven't met' is directly derivable from combining 'blind' (here meaning 'without prior knowledge or sight of the person') with 'date' (a romantic meeting). This metaphorical use of 'blind' to mean 'unknown' is common cross-linguistically and follows a transparent compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Blind date comes from the image of being blind to the person you will meet: friends set up a date so the two people do not know or see each other beforehand. That's why blind date means 'an arranged meeting' with someone you have not met before.