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  • 41in left field —    American    eccentric or mentally unstable    A baseball term, with perhaps a hint of the normal sinister connection:     Sometimes they make sense and sometimes they re way out in left field. (Sanders, 1985) …

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  • 42left field (from) —  Out of nowhere, a total surprise (baseball) …

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  • 43Left fielder — Left field redirects here. For other uses, see Leftfield (disambiguation). The position of the left fielder In baseball, a left fielder (LF) is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a …

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  • 44field — /feeld/, n. 1. an expanse of open or cleared ground, esp. a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage. 2. Sports. a. a piece of ground devoted to sports or contests; playing field. b. (in betting) all the contestants or numbers that… …

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  • 45left — {{11}}left (adj.) c.1200, from Kentish and northern English form of O.E. lyft weak, foolish (Cf. lyft adl lameness, paralysis, E.Fris. luf, Du. dialectal loof weak, worthless ). It emerged 13c. as opposite of right (the left being usually the… …

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  • 46field — See: CENTER FIELD, LEFT FIELD, OUT IN LEFT FIELD, PLAY THE FIELD, RIGHT FIELD …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47field — See: CENTER FIELD, LEFT FIELD, OUT IN LEFT FIELD, PLAY THE FIELD, RIGHT FIELD …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48field — See: center field, left field, out in left field, play the field, right field …

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  • 49left — See: OUT IN LEFT FIELD, RIGHT AND LEFT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 50left — See: OUT IN LEFT FIELD, RIGHT AND LEFT …

    Dictionary of American idioms