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Turn out

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To end up; to result. copulative, idiomatic, intransitive

    "I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better."

  2. 2
    get up and out of bed wordnet
  3. 3
    To succeed; work out; turn out well. intransitive

    "I'm afraid the cake didn't turn out."

  4. 4
    come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons wordnet
  5. 5
    To attend; show up. idiomatic, intransitive

    "Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade."

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  1. 6
    put out or expel from a place wordnet
  2. 7
    To go out; to leave one's home. dated, intransitive

    "But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have had to put on his coat and hat and turn out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure, to where the dog lay."

  3. 8
    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch wordnet
  4. 9
    To extinguish a light or other device. idiomatic, transitive

    "Turn out the lights before you leave."

  5. 10
    produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery wordnet
  6. 11
    To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out idiomatic, intransitive

    "It turns out that he just made a lucky guess."

  7. 12
    bring forth wordnet
  8. 13
    To produce; make. idiomatic, transitive

    "The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day."

  9. 14
    turn outward wordnet
  10. 15
    To leave a road. intransitive

    "Turn out at the third driveway."

  11. 16
    outfit or equip, as with accessories wordnet
  12. 17
    To remove from a mould, bowl etc. transitive

    "Turn out the dough onto a board and shape it."

  13. 18
    come and gather for a public event wordnet
  14. 19
    To empty for inspection. transitive

    "Please turn out your pockets."

  15. 20
    result or end wordnet
  16. 21
    To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict. idiomatic, transitive

    "The hotel staff hastened to turn out the noisy drunk."

  17. 22
    be shown or be found to be wordnet
  18. 23
    To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute. slang, transitive

    "He then turned her out onto the streets of Chicago with a quota to meet: $500 for a night's work."

  19. 24
    prove to be in the result or end wordnet
  20. 25
    To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role. slang, transitive
  21. 26
    To put (cattle) out to pasture. transitive
  22. 27
    To convince to vote transitive

    "turn out potential voters"

  23. 28
    To leave one's work to take part in a strike. intransitive
  24. 29
    To get out of bed; get up. colloquial, intransitive

Etymology

From Middle English turnen out, tornen out, equivalent to turn + out. The slang and prison terms meaning "to turn into a prostitute, etc." are probably an ellipsis for turn (inside) out (“to flip someone's character or role”).

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