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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
Words nearby left field left colic flexure ,
left colic vein ,
left-eyed ,
left-eyed flounder ,
left face ,
left field ,
left fielder ,
left-footed ,
left-footer ,
left gastric vein ,
left gastro-omental vein
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Words related to left field oblivion ,
disproportionate ,
improper ,
incorrect ,
irrelevant ,
tasteless ,
unseemly ,
unsuitable ,
wrong ,
nothingness ,
nowhere ,
demilitarized zone ,
out there ,
foot-in-mouth ,
garbage ,
ill-fitted ,
ill-suited ,
ill-timed ,
inapplicable ,
incongruous
How to use left field in a sentence On his 24th birthday, Robles doubled in the third and was knocked in by Turner, then lifted a ball to the left field corner to score Gomes in the fourth.
Engineering giant Honeywell burst into the quantum computing race out of left field last year.
This week, Schwarber even jumped — let’s not say “leaped” — above the left field fence to rob a home run.
Perhaps because nobody really knows how to market a film during a pandemic, Barb and Star emerged somewhat out of left field .
By then, Harrison was in left field , continuing his ongoing trip around the diamond.
Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.
She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.
The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
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
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
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