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hang a left

Idioms  

  1. Also, hang a right. Make a left (or right) turn, as when driving an automobile. For example, Hang a left at the traffic light and then hang a right at the next intersection. [Slang; mid-1900s]

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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 • Jan. 30, 2025

You go through Leonardtown’s quaint downtown, then hang a left.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2021

After floating right to the in-house café, hang a left into their huge store.

From Fox News • Aug. 4, 2019

Port Townsend-bound travelers from Seattle and points south are likely to breeze straight on through the intersection but — whoa, Nelly! — hang a left instead, and set a spell at Finnriver Farm & Cidery.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2018

Bourdain slowed down to ask a pedestrian for directions, and the man indicated that, to reach the Metropole Hotel, we should hang a left around Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

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