left turn
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left turn
- /ˌlɛf(t)ˈtɜːn/ UK
- /ˌlɛf(t)ˈtɝn/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from left (adjective) + turn (noun).
The interjection is derived from left (adverb) + turn (verb), while the verb is derived from the interjection.
noun left turns
- 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.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see left, turn.
interjection
- 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!
verb left turns · left turning · left turned
- To turn ninety degrees to one's left, especially in response to a military command while marching. Let them but remember Lewis the eleventh, who to a Clarke of the Exchequer, that came to be Lord Treaſurer, and had (for his device) repreſented himſelfe ſitting upon fortunes wheele: told him, hee might doe well to faſten it with a good ſtrong nayle, left turning about it, it might bring him, where
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intj command to a soldier or other person who is marching: turn ninety degrees to your left!
| Русский | нале́во nalévo |
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