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What does out of the blue mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word out of the blue? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) unexpectedly; without warning or preparation
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He says he received no prior warning from the local authority and that the news was a bolt out of the blue.
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!
Suddenly out of the blue my 35 kg kelpie Jessica bolts from around the other side of the house nearly knocking me of my feet.
On August 15, 1971, more or less out of the blue, President Nixon declared a freeze on wages and prices.
In the winter of 1999 she received a phone call out of the blue from someone looking for an artist to paint a custom hex sign for a new barn.
Acute injuries, such as a sudden sprain or muscle pull, seem to happen out of the blue.

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