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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Example Sentences

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

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