surprise party

noun

: a secretly planned party for someone who is not told about it until he or she arrives

We threw him a surprise party.

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This past June, Johnson celebrated Hovsepian’s fiftieth birthday with a surprise party for a hundred and eighty friends and relatives at the Pool, a Manhattan restaurant in the space that used to be the pool room of the Four Seasons. —

Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 While on Live with Kelly and Mark the same day, Johansson noted that her husband, Colin Jost, threw the surprise party for her. —

Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024 What did Culpepper think of the surprise party, which drifted into the hotel lobby and poolside? —

Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 10 June 2024 Ahead of the inductions in Las Vegas, USC athletic director Jen Cohen threw a surprise party for Bush and hosted his former teammates, family and friends, a strong indication for how supportive the university had become for Bush and the efforts to restore his Heisman Trophy. —

Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for surprise party

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