out of nowhere

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.

Equivalents

Españolde la nada

Françaisde nulle part

Deutschaus dem Nichts aus heiterem Himmel

8 more languages

Češtinaz ničeho nic

Suomikuin tyhjästä puun takaa tupsahtaatupsahtaminen

Italianoall'improvviso come un fulmine a ciel sereno dal nullainaspettatamente

Nederlandsals een donderslag bij heldere hemel uit het niets

Portuguêsda cartola do nada

Русскийотку́да ни возьми́сь

Türkçebir anda

Examples

“It had been no easy matter ⟳ when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage.”

“Mr Pickering's 'Hi!' came out of nowhere and hit him like ⟳ a torpedo.”

“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 ⟳.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

out of one's box out of one's depth out of one's face out of one's gourd out of one's hands out of one's head

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