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
Out of nowhere and out of the blue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Out of nowhere" instead an adverb phrase "Out of the blue".
Out of nowhere
Out of the blue and out of nowhere are semantically related. You can use "Out of the blue" instead an adverb phrase "Out of nowhere".
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Related pairs
- short and out of the blue
- short and out of nowhere
- quickly and out of the blue
- quickly and out of nowhere
- swiftly and out of the blue
- swiftly and out of nowhere
- sudden and out of the blue
- sudden and out of nowhere
- abruptly and out of the blue
- abruptly and out of nowhere
- suddenly and out of the blue
- suddenly and out of nowhere
- unexpectedly and out of the blue
- unexpectedly and out of nowhere
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