Definition of "blind date" []

• A social engagement between two persons who have not previously met, usually arranged by a mutual acquaintance. (noun)
• Either of the persons participating in such a social engagement. (noun)

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• "Feeling sorry for me, my close friends mobilized their network and found me a blind datethe blind date from hell!"
• "Then again, I heard about this eighty-five-year-old woman who went on a blind date with a ninety-two-year-old man."