Left-and-right definition

(idiomatic, US) All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.

You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.

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Alternative Form of left-and-right - left-right-and-center, left-right-and-centre, right-and-left, right-left-and-center, right-left-and-centre

Left-and-right Sentence Examples

  • I looked left and right and everything was there.

  • Free wedding dress catalogs are a good resource for any bride, as you will be spending money left and right on more substantial wedding expenses.

  • Do you want a ball to move left and right?

  • Alternate left and right on the d-pad while skidding.

  • The prescriptions are slightly different between the left and right contacts; they don't work like bifocal glasses where your distance and reading prescriptions are in each lens.

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