left and right
From or on all sides; from multiple places or sources; with great frequency. Also seen as "right and left." We've been getting requests for these left and right—we can barely keep them in stock.
right and left
From or on all sides; from multiple places or sources; with great frequency. Also seen as "left and right." We've been getting requests for these right and left—we can barely keep them in stock.
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right and left
and left and rightto both sides; on all sides; everywhere. I dropped the tennis balls, and they rolled right and left. There were children everywhere—running right and left.
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right and left
In or from all directions, on every side, as in Questions were coming right and left, or She was giving orders right and left. This idiom, first recorded in 1839, uses the directions right and left to signify all sides.
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ˌright and ˈleft
, ˌleft and ˈright
everywhere: She owes money right and left.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
right and left
From all directions or on every side: criticism coming right and left; questions raised from right and left.
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