LEFT FACE Definition & Meaning

left face

interjection

(used as a military command to perform a left-face.)

left-face

[ left-feys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a 90° turn to the left, especially as a marching command.

verb (used without object)

left-faced, left-facing.

to execute a left-face.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of left face¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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Marine Corps insignia, was left face down, partially under Mogen’s body and the comforter, the new court filing detailed.

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A trooper can later be seen dragging the heavyset Greene by his ankle shackles and he is left face down for more than nine minutes before he eventually goes limp.

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Many of those who have not left face fines or even jail.

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When the film showed a Klan recruit pivoting right when the drill master shouted, "Left face," the audience erupted in "cheers, jeers, catcalls and guffaws."

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Those papers that are left face a precipitous drop in advertising, which has migrated to Google and Facebook.

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