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left and right

adv · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: shooting; literal; shooting; literal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: sağa-sola — all over the place
  • Catalan: a tort i a dret — all over the place
  • Finnish: kaksin käsin — all over the place
  • French: à tout-va — all over the place
  • French: à droite et à gauche — all over the place
  • French: à tort et à travers — all over the place
  • French: à dêtre et à senêtre — all over the place
  • French: à dextre et à senestre — all over the place
  • Galician: a destro e sestro — all over the place
  • Galician: a destro e sinistro — all over the place
  • Hebrew: על ימין ועל שמאל ('al yamín v'al smol) — all over the place
  • Icelandic: hægri vinstri — all over the place
  • Norman: à dêtre et à s'nêtre — all over the place
  • Occitan: a tòrt e a dret — all over the place
  • Occitan: a tòrt e a travèrs — all over the place
  • Occitan: de tòrt e de travèrs — all over the place
  • Occitan: guerlin-guerlan — all over the place
  • Occitan: flisco-flasco — all over the place
  • Occitan: liro-laro — all over the place
  • Polish: na prawo i lewo — all over the place
  • Polish: na prawo i na lewo — all over the place
  • Portuguese: a torto e a direito — all over the place
  • Russian: направо и налево (napravo i nalevo) — all over the place
  • Serbo-Croatian: лије̑во-де̏сно — all over the place
  • Serbo-Croatian: lijȇvo-dȅsno — all over the place
  • Spanish: a diestro y siniestro — all over the place
  • Swedish: till höger och vänster — all over the place
  • Tagalog: kaliwa't kanan — all over the place
  • Telugu: ఎడా పెడా (eḍā peḍā) — all over the place
  • Turkish: önüne gelen — all over the place
  • Yoruba: lọ́tùn-ún lósì — all over the place
  • Yoruba: sọ́tùn-ún sósì — all over the place