hang a left
Example Sentences
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He tore down Altadena Drive but before he could hang a left on New York Drive and make it up the narrow zigzag of Kinneloa Mesa Road, he hit a cloud of ashy smoke.
From Los Angeles Times
“And immersion is the No. 1 feeling I get from Disneyland. You walk on Main Street, U.S.A., and you’re transported. You hang a left, and you go in Adventureland and all of a sudden you’re in a jungle. It impressed upon me the power of immersion.”
From Los Angeles Times
Hang a left onto the main road, walk up a block and turn right, and the old house is the fifth lot up on the right.
From Literature
“Hang a left into that little hallway,” I say.
From Literature
Hang a left at Templeton and stop when you hit Cambria, population 6,000 or so.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.