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love is blind

idiomatic phrase

sometimes offensive —used to say that people do not see the faults of the people that they love see usage paragraph at blind entry 1

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler The first known use of love is blind was in the 15th century See more words from the same century

Rhymes for love is blind

• aligned
• alined
• assigned
• behind
• combined
• confined
• consigned
• declined
• defined
• designed
• divined
• enshrined

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