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out of the blue

ADJECTIVE
  1. not anticipated
    unseen problems
    unforeseen circumstances
    a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy
    like a bolt out of the blue
    unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development
ADVERB
  1. in a way that was not expected
    her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue

How To Use out of the blue In A Sentence

  • The wandering wraiths, addicts and drunks that you see around town didn't just come about out of the blue - they were produced by the education system.
  • British gas have just billed me out of the blue for over £190 worth of Electricity for the past 2 years!
  • The 63-year-old had not seen her estranged son for years until he turned up out of the blue on her doorstep. The Sun
  • Dole can opt for some one out of the blue, making a bold stroke and hoping to demonstrate a spirit of adventure.
  • His epiphany didn't come wholly out of the blue. Times, Sunday Times
  • The kind of 10-minute blast of unadulterated grimness which turns up out of the blue late at night on BBC2, haranguing you with supposedly meaningful images of alcoholic depressives shouting at each other in tower blocks.
  • It is a bit weird to phone her up out of the blue and just ask her out, unless you look like Brad Pitt that is!
  • Her son, who left her more than thirty years ago, came out of the blue.
  • An out of the blue rumor has come out; apparently Tom Cruise has been offered to reprise is role as Maverick in a sequel. Top Gun 2?
  • He just suggested it out of the blue, and we followed it on a hunch.
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