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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)adverb

    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"

  2. unexpectedly, out of the blueadverb

    in a way that was not expected

    "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue"

Wiktionary

  1. out of the blueadverb

    unexpectedly; without warning or preparation

Wikipedia

  1. Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue is the third single by American singer-songwriter-actress Debbie Gibson. The title track of her debut album, the song was written by Gibson and co-produced and co-arranged with Fred Zarr, with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer. Released as a single in January 1988, "Out of the Blue" gave Gibson her highest chart placing at the time by reaching No. 3 in the U. S. In the UK, it did slightly less well than her two previous singles, stalling at No. 19. As a maxi single, "Out of the Blue," like "Shake Your Love" before it, took No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Maxi Singles chart. In 2010, Gibson re-recorded the song as an extra track for the Deluxe Edition release of the Japan-exclusive album Ms. Vocalist.

ChatGPT

  1. out of the blue

    "Out of the blue" is an English idiom used to describe something that happens suddenly and unexpectedly, without any warning or indication beforehand. It catches people off guard as it appears from nowhere or seems to occur without any relevant context or reason.

Wikidata

  1. Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue is the seventh studio album by the British rock group Electric Light Orchestra, released in October 1977. Written and produced by ELO frontman Jeff Lynne, the double album is among the most commercially successful records in the group's history.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Out Of The Blue in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Out Of The Blue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Out Of The Blue in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Mankoff:

    When I was in government four or five years ago, when there was definitely concern that this was becoming more frequent even then, this isn't happening out of the blue.

  2. Michael Connell:

    I would be less worried about a bolt out of the blue attempt to close the Strait and more worried about stumbling into a conflict.

  3. Dana Delany:

    Bob was one of those guys that you could just call out of the blue and get right back into the groove, and I’m so unhappy that I can’t pick up the phone now to call him and say how ridiculous it is that he’s dead, bob would think it’s so absurd. But seeing the outpouring of love for Bob from friends and from all over the world, I feel like he would be so happy to be getting so much attention. That makes me laugh.

  4. Donald Trump:

    It's sort of interesting that a man out of the blue just writes a report. I got 306 electoral votes against 223. That's a tremendous victory. I've got 63 million votes, and now somebody just writes a report. I think it's ridiculous.

  5. Suzanne Franklin:

    My distant cousin received an out of the blue message through Ancestry’s messaging portal from a family in Germany, it turns out that this was in regard to my uncle, Herb Harms, who died on Aug. 16, 1944, when his plane was shot down.


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  • Aus heiterem HimmelGerman
  • de la nada, de repenteSpanish
  • از رنگ آبیPersian
  • yllättäenFinnish
  • comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles, comme un cheveu sur la soupeFrench
  • tiba-tibaIndonesian
  • öllum að óvörum, eins og þruma úr heiðskíru lofti, eins og þruma úr heiðríkju, sem reiðarslag, eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnumIcelandic
  • di punto in bianco, come un fulmine a ciel serenoItalian
  • inexspectateLatin
  • ut av det blå, som lyn fra klar himmelNorwegian
  • jak grom z jasnego niebaPolish
  • da cartola, do nadaPortuguese
  • din seninRomanian
  • ка̏о гро̑м из ве̏дра не̏ба, kȁo grȏm iz vȅdra nȅbaSerbo-Croatian

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