"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)
    Sense id: en-left_face-en-noun-HUDnyenS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for left face meaning in English (1.3kB)

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