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idiomleft► be (way) out in left fieldhang a left/right AmEAmEspoken used in order to someone to turn right or left, usually when driving a car:If you go past Arco, and then hang a right at the next light, you'll see the sign.Go out the door and hang a left. You'll see the restaurant across the street.left, right, and centre BrEBrEleft, right, and center AmEused in order to emphasize that something is happening a lot or in many places:Wyman's picking up clients left, right, and centre from agencies that charge higher fees.I've been getting offers to give talks on the new drug left, right, and center.
See:- backhanded compliment
- be (out) in left field
- be in left field
- be left (out) in the cold
- be left at the post
- be left hanging (in the air/in midair)
- be left hanging in the air
- be left holding the baby
- be left holding the bag
- be left in the dark (about something)
- be left in the lurch
- be left to (one's) own devices
- be left to (one's) own resources
- better left unsaid
- come from left field
- come out of left field
- Elvis has left the building
- exit stage left
- from left field
- hang a left
- hang a left/right
- have two left feet
- hold(ing) the bag, to/be left
- jog to the right
- keep on the left side
- leave (one) cold
- leave (one) flat
- leave (one) high and dry
- leave (one) holding the baby
- leave (one) in the lurch
- leave (one) to (one's) (own) resources
- leave (one) to (one's) fate
- leave (one) to stew
- leave (one) to stew in (one's) own juice(s)
- leave (one's or its) mark on (someone or something)
- leave (one's) guard down
- leave (one's) mark
- leave (someone or something) (at) (some place)
- leave (someone or something) alone
- leave (someone or something) behind
- leave (someone or something) in (one's) hands
- leave (someone or something) in (someone's) care
- leave (someone or something) in peace
- leave (someone or something) in the care of (someone)
- leave (someone or something) in the charge of (someone)
- leave (someone or something) in the hands of (one)
- leave (someone or something) out of (something)
- leave (someone or something) under (someone's) care
- leave (someone) in the dark (about something)
- leave (someone) to it
- leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open for (something)
- leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open to (something)
- leave (something or someone) standing
- leave (something) for another time/day/week/etc.
- leave (something) in ruins
- leave (something) lying about
- leave (something) lying around
- leave (something) on
- leave (something) out of account
- leave (something) to chance
- leave (something) to fate
- leave (something) to luck
- leave (up) in the air
- leave a bad taste in (one's) mouth
- leave a bad taste in the mouth
- leave a great deal to be desired
- leave a lot to be desired
- leave a nasty taste in (one's) mouth
- leave a nasty taste in the mouth
- leave a sinking ship
- leave a sour taste in (one's) mouth
- leave an impression
- leave aside
- leave down
- leave for
- leave for dead
- leave go (of something)
- leave holding the bag
- leave home
- leave in
- leave in a body
- leave in the lurch, to
- leave it at that
- leave little to the imagination
- leave lots to be desired
- leave much to be desired
- leave no stone unturned
- leave nothing to the imagination
- leave off
- leave open
- leave out
- leave something to be desired
- leave the door open
- leave the door open for (something or doing something)
- leave the nest
- leave the room
- leave to (one)
- leave up
- leave well (enough) alone
- leave with
- leave word
- leave word for (one)
- left and right
- left coast
- left field
- left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
- left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, the
- left one's calling card
- left out in the cold
- left to one's own devices, to be
- left to your own devices
- left wing
- left, right and centre
- left, right, and center
- left, right, and centre
- left-field
- left-handed compliment
- left-handed compliment, a
- left-handed monkey wrench
- let (one) stew
- out in left field
- out of left field
- pay (one) a left-handed compliment
- pay a backhanded compliment
- pick (something) up where (one) left off
- right and left
- stew in one's own juice, left to
- swipe left
- take up
- take up where (one) left off
- take up where one left off
- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand's doing
- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing
- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing
- twist in the wind, be left to
- two left feet
- two left feet, have
- who died and left you in charge
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