Phrase Hound found 378 phrases and 59 compound words that contain left. The most common are listed below. Open left in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 378
- left-handOf, relating to, or located on the left.
- left behindsimple past and past participle of leave behind
- left and rightTwo rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
- left-wingOf political ideologies: favoring political, social, and economic equality.
- left outNot included or accepted in a group or event.
- far leftThe most radical part of the political left wing.
- left-handedUsing one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- left-to-rightThat is written (and is read) from left to right.
- left bankThe bank to the left of a river when facing downstream.
- left turnAn unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.
- Left side
- left fieldThe 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.
- New LeftA broad political movement, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a range of reforms on issues such as civil and political rights, feminism, and the legalization of drugs.
- right and leftAlternative form of left and right: Two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
- left-clickTo press the left button on a computer mouse.
- right-to-leftThat is written (and is read) from right to left.
- Turn Left
- left alonesimple past and past participle of leave alone
- Left corner
- left backA defender who normally plays on the left side of the field.
- left totalSuch that every element of the domain is related to at least one element of the codomain: such that ∀a∈A;;∃b∈B:(a,b)∈R
- left oversimple past and past participle of leave over
- left-offcast-off; scrap
- centre-leftLeaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
- hard leftThe section of the left wing that supports traditional socialist policies, distinguished from the social democratic centre-left and the communist and anarchist far left.
Compound words 59
- leftfieldFrom out of left field; off-the-wall; unconventional.
- LexitA leftist exit from the European Union.
- lefthandedAlternative spelling of left-handed: Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- lefteousPertaining to the left (all senses: left-side, political left, etc.)
- lefturdA person with left-wing political views.
- leftosphereBlogs on the political left, taken collectively.
- leftugeeOne who leaves a liberal blue state to live in a conservative red state, (often) doing so in favour of fewer regulations and lower taxes.
- antileftOpposing the political left.
- leftoidLeftist, left-winger
- LeftpondiaEnglish-speaking parts of The Americas.