“thin-air”

The following 3 entries include the term thin-air.

disappear/vanish into thin air

idiom

: to disappear completely in a way that is mysterious

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into thin air

idiom

: in a very sudden and mysterious way

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out of thin air

idiom

—used to say that someone or something appears in a sudden and unexpected way

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