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left face

1

interjection

  1. (used as a military command to perform a left-face.)


left-face

2

[ left-feys ]

noun

  1. a 90° turn to the left, especially as a marching command.

verb (used without object)

, left-faced, left-fac·ing.
  1. to execute a left-face.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of left face1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

To the left—face—quick march, to the left—turn—to the right—turn—close files—mark time—right—left—right—left—forward.

Hyde gave the orders to left face and forward, and the Maine men marched out in front of a Vermont regiment which lay beside them.

Left face is executed on the left heel in the corresponding manner.

The company being at a halt, the corporals should remember to give by the right or left flank instead of right or left face.

How much would be lost if it were dropped out, and we were left face to face with actual facts?

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