Usually means: Unexpected surprise, completely unforeseen event.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word a bolt from the blue:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. a bolt from the blue: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. a bolt from the blue: Collins English Dictionary
  3. a bolt from the blue: Dictionary.com
  4. A Bolt from the Blue (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. a bolt from the blue: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. A bolt from the blue: Phrase Finder

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. a bolt from the blue: Legal dictionary
  2. a bolt from the blue: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. a bolt from the blue: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. a bolt from the blue: Idioms


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