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noun

Baseball.
  1. the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate.
  2. 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

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

Origin of left field

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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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

Idioms and Phrases with left-field

left field

see out in left field.

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