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out of nowhere en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.
    • It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage. 1906, Jack London, Brown Wolf:
    • The opening goal came out of nowhere and, buoyed, it was a lovely sequence of crisp passes that culminated in Steven Whittaker playing in Nathan Redmond to double the lead. 2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London):
    • Mr Pickering's 'Hi!' came out of nowhere and hit him like a torpedo. 1916, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 12, in Uneasy Money:

Translations (22)

nl uit het niets (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · de aus heiterem Himmel (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · pt do nada (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · ang nāhwanon (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · no ingensteds fra (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · pt da cartola (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · fi puskista (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · nl als een donderslag bij heldere hemel (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · fi puun takaa (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · hu a semmiből (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · it inaspettatamente (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · fr de nulle part (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · it dal nulla (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · tr bir anda (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · es de la nada (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · ru отку́да ни возьми́сь (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · de aus dem Nichts (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · fi kuin tyhjästä (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · tr durduk yere (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · pl znikąd (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · it all'improvviso (unexpectedly or inexplicably) · it come un fulmine a ciel sereno (unexpectedly or inexplicably)