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right and left

right and left is the alternative form of left and right.

Meaning of left and right

Adverb

left and right (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US, figuratively) All over the place; indiscriminately; frequently or excessively.
    • You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.

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Words formed from right and left

Questions about right and left

What is right and left the alternative form of?
Right and left is the alternative form of left and right.

Words near right and left in the dictionary

  1. Riggs' disease
  2. Riggsbee
  3. Riggsbees
  4. Righale
  5. right
  6. right and left
  7. right and left screw
  8. right and left screws
  9. right angle
  10. right angles
  11. Right Arm of the Free World

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Adapted from Wiktionary: right and left (page history and authors); left and right (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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