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your other left

your other left noun: your right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".).

Noun

your other left

  1. (humorous) Your right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".)
  2. Your left-hand side. (Used to correct another person who has been directed to move (or look, etc) to "your left" but has mistakenly moved right.)
    • Ok maggots, when I tell you, you will face to the left. Do It! Your other left you silly shit! When I say go you will start off with your left foot and continue to march. Ready go!2000 July 21, Frank Hernandez, Marine Mystique, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 18
    • "Your left, your left, your left, right, left. Your other left, knuckle-head." Anyone who has been through boot camp is likely to remember this sarcastic remark from a drill sergeant correcting a trainee who is out of step. "Your other left, knucklehead." (Admittedly, knucklehead is a euphemism.)2008 June 16, Marv Adamo, The Mystery of His Will: A Study of God's Eternal Plan, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Antonyms of your other left

Questions about your other left

What does your other left mean?
Your other left means your right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".).
What part of speech is your other left?
Your other left is a noun.

Words near your other left in the dictionary

  1. your mother
  2. your mum
  3. your net worth is your network
  4. your network is your net worth
  5. your nibs
  6. your other left
  7. your other right
  8. your place or mine
  9. your reputation precedes you
  10. Your Rottenness
  11. Your Royal Highness

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