sight unseen

Idioms: sight unseen

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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	Petra: Backstage Pass (1992 Music Film)
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