- on or to the left side
- Turn left at the intersection.
- Look left and right before you cross the road.
- There is more to Paris than just the Eiffel Tower (pictured left).
Word OriginOld English lyft, left ‘weak’ (the left-hand side being regarded as the weaker side of the body), of West Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See left in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryleft, right and centre
(also right, left and centre, right and left)
- (informal) in all directions; everywhere
- He's giving away money left, right and centre.
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