- 1on the side of your body that is toward the west when you are facing north Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right. Take a left turn at the intersection. I broke my left leg. the left side of the field The university is on the left bank of the river.
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- 2(sport) a left back/wing a left hook opposite right Idioms
to be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport
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