noun [sing.]
1 (in baseball) the left part of the field, or the position played by the person who is there
2 (AmE, informal) an opinion or a position that is strange or unusual and a long way from the normal position:
The governor is way out / over in left field.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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