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What does "field" mean?
In addition to the idiom beginning with field, also see cover the field; far afield; out in left field; play the field; take the field.
See field in WNW Idioms
play the field
â- to take a broad area of operations; not confine one's activities to one object
- Informal to date more than one person during the same period of time
take (or leave) the field
to begin (or withdraw from) activity in a game, military operation, etc.
See field in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms
take the field
To begin or resume activity, as in military operations or in a sport.
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