stage left


nounTheater.
  1. the part of the stage that is left of center as one faces the audience.

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Origin of stage left

1
First recorded in 1930–35
  • Also called left stage.

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How to use stage left in a sentence

  • On one of its trips in the early fall, the Clarendon stage left town almost half an hour late.

    Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for stage left

stage left

noun
  1. the part of the stage to the left of a performer facing the audience

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