"out the blue" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} out the blue, {{en-PP}} out the blue
  1. out of the blue
    Sense id: en-out_the_blue-en-prep_phrase-9EqVObU~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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