left field noun
[noncount] : the part of a baseball outfield that is to the left when you are looking out from home plate
▪ a fly ball to (deep/shallow) left field ; also : the position of the player defending left field
▪ He plays left field.
▪ a fly ball to (deep/shallow) left field ; also : the position of the player defending left field
▪ He plays left field.
come out of left field
US, informal : to be very surprising and unexpected
▪ That question came out of left field.
▪ That question came out of left field.
out in left field
US, informal : very strange or unusual
▪ ideas that are out in left field ▪ Her position is way out in left field.
▪ ideas that are out in left field ▪ Her position is way out in left field.
— left fielder noun, plural ∼ -ers [count]
▪ a good left fielder
▪ a good left fielder
