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
Quickly and out of the blue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quickly" instead an adverb phrase "Out of the blue".
Quickly
Quickly adverb - With great speed.
Out of the blue and quickly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Out of the blue" instead an adverb "Quickly".
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- fast and out of the blue
- fast and quickly
- immediately and out of the blue
- immediately and quickly
- quick and out of the blue
- quick and quickly
- early and out of the blue
- early and quickly
- headlong and out of the blue
- headlong and quickly
- swift and out of the blue
- swift and quickly
- swiftly and out of the blue
- swiftly and quickly
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In the Director's Cut, during Kingpin's first scene, he quickly invokes this trope by killing two of his bodyguards right out of the blue with no explanation given at all.
Source: Film / Daredevil - The characters adjust to the new personality so quickly (often forgetting the old one ever existed) that even when the character had a sensible reason to turn, it can feel like they changed completely out of the blue.
Source: Depending on the Writer
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