buy (something) sight unseen
buy (something) sight unseen
To purchase something without seeing or examining it first. When I decided to buy a house sight unseen, I knew it would probably need a lot of repairs—and I was right!
See also: buy, sight, unseen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
buy something sight unseen
to buy something without seeing it first. I bought this land sight unseen. I didn't know it was so rocky. It isn't usually safe to buy something sight unseen.
See also: buy, sight, unseen
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- buy sight unseen
- unseen
- at first sight
- do something on sight
- on sight
- take (something) out in trade
- take out in trade
- a sight
- ascertain from
- be more trouble than it's worth