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left turn

UK /ˌlɛf(t)ˈtɜːn/US /ˌlɛf(t)ˈtɝn/

exclamation 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

exclamation1

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A command to a soldier or other person who is marching: turn ninety degrees to your left!
- The commanding officer then orders—Shoulder Arms!—Flanks, to the centre advance!—To the right and left turn!—Forward! — 1810

noun1

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An unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.
- After a self-titled debut did well, Miracle took a surprising left turn with 2001's Keep It Country. — 2007

verb1

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To turn ninety degrees to one's left, especially in response to a military command while marching.
- They left-turned, right-turned and about-turned, and the sergeant marched them up and down a bit on the asphalt and then silently on the grass, more to get them moving than anything else. — 1999

forms

left turned · left turning · left turns

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