IN THE DARK Definition & Meaning

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in the dark

In a state of ignorance, uninformed, as in I was in the dark about their plans . This metaphor often appears in the locution keep someone in the dark , meaning “deliberately keep someone uninformed,” as in They kept me in the dark about their plans . [Late 1600s] For an antonym, see in the know .
In secret, in concealment, as in This agreement was concluded in the dark . [Early 1600s]

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The parents also accused the department of keeping them in the dark for hours about their son’s death.

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A viewer, and not just the gravel beneath the steel plate, is in the dark.

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In 2009, they played in Oslo as Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel peace prize; and in 2011 staged a series of concerts in the dark, to show audiences how they experienced music.

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Jayne Evans has completed four years at medical school in London - but says she is still being left in the dark about where her first permanent NHS position will be.

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Welsh ministers were "too slow to act and uncoordinated", Davies said, with "many people left in the dark because communications were not good enough - this must not happen again".

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