buy 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! Only a fool would buy a car sight unseen. A: "I don't understand how house flippers can just buy houses sight unseen." B: "They must have a high tolerance for risk."
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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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.