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curprev 05:0505:05, 7 December 2024 Chew talk contribs m 9,156 bytes +4 resolve cs1 error undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 22:2122:21, 22 October 2024 2601:182:500:3400:3c31:2960:3fc7:acb2 talk 9,152 bytes +9 In the quoted source, William Safire avers that the term has only a "tangential connection" to the political left of the United States, to include its usage as connected to the political left on the strength of this source is therefore misleading. undo

curprev 20:3020:30, 6 September 2024 Vincemichaelcom talk contribs m 9,143 bytes +673 Added information from Illinois State Historical Society plaque regarding origin of the phrase undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 20:5720:57, 2 February 2024 Spicemix talk contribs 10,692 bytes −14 →top: wording undo

curprev 15:1315:13, 17 June 2023 Quadrplax talk contribs 10,706 bytes −368 Undid revision 1160478259 by 199.168.77.50 (talk) undo joke edit undo Tag: Undo

curprev 18:4818:48, 16 June 2023 199.168.77.50 talk 11,074 bytes +368 Added clarification of origin of expression. undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 18:0218:02, 3 December 2021 Citation bot talk contribs 10,706 bytes −35 Alter: isbn, pages, url. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: chapter-url, website. Removed or converted URL. Upgrade ISBN10 to ISBN13. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_webform 1026/2200 undo

curprev 21:5121:51, 11 December 2020 Monkbot talk contribs m 10,741 bytes −23 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 17 templates: del empty params (4×); hyphenate params (11×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 08:2808:28, 3 October 2020 Ddpove talk contribs m 10,764 bytes +698 I have added an old usage of this expression, with a different meaning which I have heard and used. undo

curprev 15:3215:32, 1 July 2020 Binksternet talk contribs 10,066 bytes −262 pruning, tweaking undo
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curprev 01:1001:10, 15 June 2020 GreenC bot talk contribs 10,874 bytes +70 Reformat 2 archive links. Wayback Medic 2.5 undo

curprev 06:3706:37, 12 April 2020 Jordandlee talk contribs 10,804 bytes −8 It was unnecessary and redundant undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 02:2702:27, 18 March 2020 Blackjays1 talk contribs m 10,812 bytes +1 No edit summary undo
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curprev 19:1019:10, 24 February 2020 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 10,800 bytes +76 Bluelink 1 book for verifiability. [goog]) #IABot (v2.0) (GreenC bot undo

curprev 13:1713:17, 19 January 2020 Geo8rge talk contribs 10,724 bytes +57 paragraph sounds bogus. might be a prank undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 02:0202:02, 26 November 2019 Alistair1978 talk contribs m 10,667 bytes −1 typo (via WP:JWB) undo

curprev 20:4920:49, 8 November 2019 Unreal7 talk contribs 10,668 bytes 0 Filled in 3 bare reference(s) with reFill 2 undo

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curprev 06:1406:14, 26 April 2019 Blackjays1 talk contribs 10,687 bytes −2 "unexpected" is the descriptive word undo

curprev 16:5716:57, 20 February 2019 173.31.179.255 talk 10,689 bytes +516 The Babe Ruth home run phenom in the 1920s was a story always told about people "out in left field". It was a simile or metaphor describing people who were unknowing or crazy. undo

curprev 07:1707:17, 21 January 2019 Deathshand24 talk contribs 10,173 bytes −5 Typo undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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curprev 21:5321:53, 19 January 2019 Hairyhairyasian talk contribs m 9,840 bytes +30 ref 1 updated from dead link to archive of same page in wayback machine undo
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curprev 15:0415:04, 28 October 2018 Serial Number 54129 talk contribs 9,797 bytes +42 Adding short description: "US slang expression" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 03:4403:44, 7 August 2018 Opencooper talk contribs 9,755 bytes −1 →Music industry: quote marks in a blockquote are redundant (MOS:QUOTEMARKS) undo

curprev 19:0819:08, 14 June 2018 70.123.33.93 talk 9,756 bytes +55 Changed from cricket to baseball, reflecting the origin of the phrase undo

curprev 05:2105:21, 9 June 2018 49.199.71.38 talk 9,701 bytes −1 Fixed historical inaccuracies undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 16:0916:09, 5 June 2018 67.161.4.177 talk 9,702 bytes +1 No edit summary undo

curprev 12:3012:30, 4 June 2018 49.178.47.212 talk 9,701 bytes −1 I changed baseball to cricket. As it should be undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

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