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out of the blue
 
Adjective out of the blue has 1 sense
  1. unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue - 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"
    Antonym: expected (indirect, via unexpected)
Adverbial out of the blue has 1 sense
  1. unexpectedly, out of the blue - in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue"
out of print out of range out of reach out of respect out of service out of sight out of sorts out of stock out of the blue out of the ordinary out of the question out of the window out of thin air out of this world out of true out of use out of use predicate

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