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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guide left

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

Soon I found myself at the door of a tall, gabled house, where, without waiting, my guide left me.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Having gone with Susan a little way into the forest her guide left her.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various