out of the blue English

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What does out of the blue mean?

out of the blue

— adjective (= unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for) not anticipated unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development — H.W.Glidden unforeseen circumstances a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy like a bolt out of the blue

— adverb in a way that was not expected her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue

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out of the blue English » English

unexpectedly

suddenly

unlooked-for

unforeseen

unanticipated

on accident

ignorantly

fortuitously

casually

all of a sudden

accidently

abruptly