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bolt from (out of) the blue

An unexpected event that strikes like lightning from the sky: “He had been with the company for eighteen years; when he was fired, it must have felt like a bolt from the blue.”

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Nearby words

  1. bolshy,
  2. bolson,
  3. bolster,
  4. bolt,
  5. bolt boat,
  6. bolt from the blue, a,
  7. bolt hole,
  8. bolt upright,
  9. bolt-action,
  10. bolt-hole
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