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field verb to work as a bookmaker AUSTRALIA, 1960
idiomfieldhave a field dayto have a chance to do what you want to do, especially to criticize someone ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:If the tabloids ever find out about that conversation, they'll have a field day.Sotheby's had a field day Tuesday, auctioning letters and clothing of the rich and famous.lead the fieldto be the best or most successful person, group, company etc in an activity or competition:Johnson led the field throughout the final day of the Swedish motor rally.The French industry easily led the field with the hundred or so films made during last year.be (way) out in left field AmEAmE(also be/come out of left field)used about ideas, methods etc that are strange, unusual, or surprising:We're surprised the ad's been so successful, but sometimes things that are way out in left field work best.The Mayor's office says that stories of his drug use have "come out of left field" and are "typical of the newspaper's irresponsible reporting". play the fieldto have many different romantic relationships:I think the relationship's over - Jess has her eye on another guy, and Bradley wants to play the field.I'll never get married. It's too much fun playing the field.
See:- a fair field and no favor
- a fair field and no favour
- a field day
- a level playing field
- another county heard from
- be (out) in left field
- be in left field
- center field
- come from left field
- come out of left field
- cover the field
- debris field
- Elysian Fields
- field a grounder
- field a question
- field day
- field day, to have a
- field grounders
- field questions
- Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
- from left field
- have a field day
- hold the field
- if there's grass on the field, play ball
- lead the field
- leave the field clear for (one)
- leave the field clear for somebody
- left field
- left-field
- level playing field
- level the field
- level the playing field
- oil field trash
- order (one) off the field
- order off the field
- out in left field
- out of left field
- play the field
- play the field, to
- potter's field
- reverse (one's) field
- reverse field
- take the field
- the Elysian Fields
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