OUT OF NOWHERE Definition & Meaning

out of nowhere

Suddenly, unexpectedly, as in That anonymous letter turned up out of nowhere. It is often put as come out of nowhere, as in Their team came out of nowhere and won the state championship. This term uses out of in the sense of “from,” and nowhere in the sense of “an unknown place.” For a synonym, see out of a clear blue sky.

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It was a film that was meant to be different, to come out of nowhere, to be unique in the universe of “Star Wars,” to have a beginning and an end, a very definitive ending also, and to have characters that normally you don’t pay attention to in this universe.

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Trump came out of nowhere with a social media post claiming that he has informed Apple CEO Tim Cook that he intends to eventually put a 25 percent tariff on iPhones unless they’re entirely manufactured and assembled in the United States.

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Then suddenly out of nowhere appears this outsider, or sometimes this loner from within the community.

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“Another year, another Netflix limited series from England that arrives seemingly out of nowhere to dazzle critics and push viewership numbers through the roof,” says Glenn Whipp of “Adolescence.”

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Then, on Saturday afternoon local time, in the aftermath of the latest missile exchanges, came a diplomatic breakthrough out of nowhere.

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