2left adverb
1 a : toward the left
▪ Please move left. ▪ She ran left and caught the ball. ▪ Taking one step left, he fell to the ground.
b : toward the political Left
▪ a political party that has shifted left ▪ His political views are slightly left of center. [=are slightly liberal] 2 US : using the left hand
▪ He bats/throws left. [=left-handed] — opposite right
▪ Please move left. ▪ She ran left and caught the ball. ▪ Taking one step left, he fell to the ground.
b : toward the political Left
▪ a political party that has shifted left ▪ His political views are slightly left of center. [=are slightly liberal]
▪ He bats/throws left. [=left-handed] — opposite right
left and right or Brit left, right, and centre
: in a very quick and uncontrolled way
▪ She has been spending money left and right. : in all directions ▪ He was calling out names left and right. ▪ The police were stopping cars left and right.
▪ She has been spending money left and right. : in all directions ▪ He was calling out names left and right. ▪ The police were stopping cars left and right.



