coger desprevenido

v.

to take by surprise, to blind-side, to catch off-balance, to catch flat-footed.

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coger desprevenido

figurado to catch unawares

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(v.) = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex. The pace of social and technological development has caught many statesmen unprepared.

Ex. You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.

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(v.) = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex: The pace of social and technological development has caught many statesmen unprepared.

Ex: You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.