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noun

Baseball.

the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate.
the position of the player covering this area.

Slang. a position or circumstance that is remote from an ordinary or general trend.

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Idioms about left field

out in left field, Slang. completely mistaken; wrong.

Origin of left field

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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How to use left field in a sentence

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
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Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
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He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
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She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.
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The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
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She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.
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British Dictionary definitions for left field

left-field

adjective

informal regarded as being outside the mainstream; unconventional

Word Origin for left-field

C20: from baseball term left field, the area of the outfield to the batter's left, regarded as the scene of little action

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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left field

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