Definitions for out of the blue

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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 blue(adverb)

    in a way that was not expected

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

Wiktionary

  1. out of the blue(Adverb)

    unexpectedly; without warning or preparation


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

out of the blue(noun)

without warning

He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first.

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