To turn left is to change direction towards the side your heart is on. One of the two instructions every set of directions is built from.
It works as an instruction and a description, and satellite navigation has made it one of the most heard phrases in any car. Countries differ on which side people drive, which is why turning left is the easy turn in Britain and the harder one in France, since the easy turn is the one that does not cross oncoming traffic. Its opposite is turn right.
1phraseturn leftTo change direction to the left.
“Turn left just after the postbox.”
Practised in A Man Called Ove, Directions & Position
First appears in chapter 4 of A Man Called Ove.
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