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21left field — 1) N SING: usu prep N If you say that someone or something has come out of left field or is out in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way. The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn t really… …
22left field — noun (singular) 1 a position in baseball in the left side of the outfield 2 (way) out in left field AmE informal strange or unusual: Some of his ideas are way out in left field. 3 come from out in left field AmE informal to be very surprising or… …
23left field — {n.} 1. The part of a baseball out field to the batter s left. * /Right handed batters usually hit to left field./ Compare: CENTER FIELD, RIGHT FIELD. 2. See: OUT IN LEFT FIELD. [left fielder] {n.} The player in baseball who plays in left field.… …
24left field — {n.} 1. The part of a baseball out field to the batter s left. * /Right handed batters usually hit to left field./ Compare: CENTER FIELD, RIGHT FIELD. 2. See: OUT IN LEFT FIELD. [left fielder] {n.} The player in baseball who plays in left field.… …
25left field — noun Date: 1857 1. the position of the player defending left field 2. the part of the baseball outfield to the left looking out from the plate 3. a. a state or position far from the mainstream (as of prevailing opinion) < they were really out in… …
26left\ field — noun 1. the part of a baseball out field to the batter s left. Right handed batters usually hit to left field. Compare: center field, right field 2. See: out in left field …
27left field — n, adj (something) unorthodox, bizarre, unex pected. An American usage which was picked up by British journalists, musicians, etc. in the mid 1970s. The term arises from an earlier colloquial expres sion out of left field , used to describe… …
28left field — 1. Baseball. a. the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate. b. the position of the player covering this area. 2. Slang. a position or circumstance that is remote from an ordinary or general trend. 3. out in… …
29left field — /lɛft ˈfild/ (say left feeld) –noun Baseball 1. the part of the outfield to the left of the batter as he or she faces the pitcher. 2. a fielder in this position. –phrase 3. from (or out of) left field, Colloquial a. completely unexpected …
30out in left field — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unlikely, crazy, wild; see impractical , insane 1 …
