left turn
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|unexpected change from previously apparent course}} {{lb|en|idiomatic}} An [[unexpected]] [[change#Noun|change]] from the [[way]] [[thing]]s [[seem]]ed to be [[go#Verb|going]].
- {{&lit|en|left|turn}}
Interjection
- {{lb|en|chiefly|military}} {{non-gloss|A [[command#Noun|command]] to a [[soldier#Noun|soldier]] or other [[person]] who is [[march#Verb|marching]]}}: [[turn#Verb|turn]] [[ninety]] [[degree]]s to your [[left#Noun|left]]!
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|military}} To [[turn#Verb|turn]] [[ninety]] [[degree]]s to one's [[left#Noun|left]], especially in [[response]] to a military [[command#Noun|command]] while [[march#Verb|marching]].
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