"left face" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: left faces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} left face (plural left faces)
  1. (especially military) The act of a person turning to the left. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Military Coordinate_terms: right face Translations (military: act of turning left): vasen käännös (Finnish), käännös vasempaan (Finnish), käännös vasempaan - päin! (note: as command) (Finnish), harap sa kaliwa (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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        "(especially military) The act of a person turning to the left."
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "military: act of turning left",
          "word": "vasen käännös"
        },
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          "sense": "military: act of turning left",
          "word": "käännös vasempaan"
        },
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          "word": "käännös vasempaan - päin!"
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          "sense": "military: act of turning left",
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        }
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      "sense": "military: act of turning left",
      "word": "vasen käännös"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "käännös vasempaan"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "käännös vasempaan - päin!"
    },
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      "sense": "military: act of turning left",
      "word": "harap sa kaliwa"
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