turn%20out

verb

  1. 1

    To result; end up.

    “I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better.”
  2. 2

    (by ellipsis) To succeed; work out; turn out well.

    “I'm afraid the cake didn't turn out.”
  3. 3

    To attend; show up.

    “Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade.”
  4. 4

    To extinguish a light or other device

    “Turn out the lights before you leave.”
  5. 5

    To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out

    “It turns out that he just made a lucky guess.”
  6. 6

    To produce; make.

    “The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day.”
  7. 7

    To leave a road.

    “Turn out at the third driveway.”
  8. 8

    To remove from a mould, bowl etc.

    “Turn out the dough onto a board and shape it.”
  9. 9

    To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.

    “The hotel staff hastened to turn out the noisy drunk.”
  10. 10

    (sex) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.

  11. 11

    (sex) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.

  12. 12

    To put (cattle) out to pasture.

  13. 13

    To convince to vote

    “turn out potential voters”
  14. 14

    To leave one's work to take part in a strike.

  15. 15

    To get out of bed; get up.

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