Idiom
left turn
Meaning
An unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The story took a left turn at the end.”
“The meeting was going well until the manager took a left turn and announced the project was cancelled.”
“The investigation took a sudden left turn when the detective discovered evidence that completely contradicted his original theory about the crime.”
Examples
simple
“The story took a left turn at the end.”
contextual
“The meeting was going well until the manager took a left turn and announced the project was cancelled.”
complex
“The investigation took a sudden left turn when the detective discovered evidence that completely contradicted his original theory about the crime.”
Origin
Derived from the adjective left and the noun turn. The interjection originates from the adverb left and the verb turn, with the verbal use of the phrase descending from the interjection.
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