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right and left

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right and left

 and left and right

to 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.

See also: and, left, right

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.

See also: and, left, right

right and left

From all directions or on every side: criticism coming right and left; questions raised from right and left.

See also: and, left, right