Left Field Definition
noun
The area in the outfield behind the third baseman and shortstop.
Webster's New World
The defensive position of the outfielder (left fielder) who plays there.
Webster's New World
A position far from the center or mainstream, as of opinion or reason.
Opinions that are out in left field.
American Heritage
A position or source regarded as unconventional, irrational, unexpected, etc.
Webster's New World
(idiomatic) An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field).
Some of her comments really came from left field. I have no idea what she was thinking.
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Plural:
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