blind with science
blind with science verb: to overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.
Verb
blind with science (third-person singular simple present blinds with science, present participle blinding with science, simple past and past participle blinded with science)
- To overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.
- He had no doubt that they would all have highly convincing stories, and would try to blind him with science if he attempted to pin them down.1955, Arthur C. Clarke, Earthlight, page 8
- If you give him the full printed accounts of his company, he will react by saying that you are blinding him with science, and will pick on figures with many noughts after them and ask where all that money has gone.1957, Herbert Morrison, Vitality in Administration, page 51
Forms of blind with science
| third-person singular present | blinds with science |
|---|---|
| present participle | blinding with science |
| past participle | blinded with science |
| past | blinded with science |
Questions about blind with science
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- Blind with science means to overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.
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- The past tense of blind with science is blinded with science.
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