left field
Noun
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Noun
left field (plural left fields)
- (baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher
- (baseball) The defensive position in the outfield to the left.
- (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.
- (idiomatic) An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)
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