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guide left

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a command to a marching formation to align itself with a guide marching at the left side of the formation.


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And the seven-minute cooking time prescribed by our guide left the thick, rubbery strands uncooked in the center.

From Washington Post Mar. 23, 2023

Mao, says the guide, left Yanan on March 19, 1947, maneuvering to lure Chiang Kai-shek after him while he closed in on Chiang's rear.

From Time Magazine Archive

After about an hour, my guide left, indicating that he would return later.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

A few paces brought us to the door of a small pavilion, at which a sentry stood; and having motioned to me to pass in, my guide left me.

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James

My guide left the highway, crossed a clear little brook on the left, and entered the bottom of a garden behind the largest of these houses.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

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