hang a left

Example Sentences

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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

“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 at Templeton and stop when you hit Cambria, population 6,000 or so.

From Los Angeles Times

On the dock, he gave a few general instructions — hang a left at the big brick building, “go down for, like, a couple miles; should I say when our next turn is? Sixty-first, we make a right” — and then we peeled off.

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post