left and right
left and right noun: two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
Noun
left and right (uncountable)
- Two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
- Apparently a left-and-a-right in hunting parlance meant to shoot and kill two birds or animals in quick succession, first with your left barrel and then with your right.1956, Gerald Durrell, chapter 12, in My Family and Other Animals, London: Penguin, pages 180-81
Adverb
left and right (not comparable)
- All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.
- You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.
- And then all the distributions come in and they screw it all up. Because they break binary compatibility left and right2014, Linus Torvalds, DebConf: Q&A with Linus Torvalds
left and right meaning in Telugu and Tagalog
left and right in Telugu
- all over the place
- ఎడా పెడా eḍā peḍā
left and right in Tagalog
- all over the place
- kaliwa't kanan
Questions about left and right
- What does left and right mean?
- Left and right means two rapid successful shots from a double-barrelled gun.
- What is left and right in Telugu?
- Left and right in Telugu is ఎడా పెడా (eḍā peḍā). See Left and right meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is left and right?
- Left and right can be a noun or an adverb.
Words near left and right in the dictionary
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