By surprise
Out of the blue and by surprise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Out of the blue" instead an adverb phrase "By surprise".
Out of the blue
Out of the blue adverb - In a way that was not expected.
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Synonyms for Out of the blue
By surprise and out of the blue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By surprise" instead an adverb phrase "Out of the blue".
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Related pairs
- short and by surprise
- short and out of the blue
- uncommonly and by surprise
- uncommonly and out of the blue
- unprepared and by surprise
- unprepared and out of the blue
- rarely and by surprise
- rarely and out of the blue
- sudden and by surprise
- sudden and out of the blue
- by chance and by surprise
- by chance and out of the blue
- abruptly and by surprise
- abruptly and out of the blue
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