turn out

Meaning

  1. To end up; to result.
  2. To succeed; work out; turn out well.
  3. To attend; show up.
  4. To go out; to leave one's home.
  5. To extinguish a light or other device
  6. To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
  7. To produce; make.
  8. To leave a road.
  9. To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
  10. To empty for inspection.
  11. To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
  12. (slang) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
  13. (slang) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
  14. To put (cattle) out to pasture.
  15. To convince to vote
  16. To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
  17. (colloquial) To get out of bed; get up.

Concepts

turn out

prove

eject

come out

put out

drive out

appear

manufacture

produce

drive away

arise

cut

switch off

turn off

emerge

happen

make

expel

get up

rise

uprise

boot out

chuck out

bear

rotate

splay

spread out

turn up

fall out

evict

create

exclude

turf out

cast out

throw out

drive off

result

turn

end

stay

extinguish

bring out

become clear

clear up

turn inside out

send away

show

extract

come about

fare

develop

put off

oust

eventuate

be out

bounce out

fling out

hurl out

kick out

pitch out

shove out

sling out

toss out

boot

kick

axe

become

dismiss

dissipate

turn out well

leave

part with

remove

throw away

banish

explode

hunt

rout out

warn

force out

shoo

come along

pop

recrudesce

supervene

come up

go forth

manifest

pop out

pop up

come

transpire

ambulate

circle

circulate

circumnavigate

circumvent

circumvolve

cycle

distort

go around

itinerate

loop

move around

orbit

pan

pivot

pronate

round

screw

short-circuit

skate over

skirt

spiral

take in

twine

twist

assemble

bunch up

cluster

congregate

convene

foregather

forgather

gather

get together

mass

meet

cease

close

conclude

discontinue

dissolve

play out

terminate

bring up

check

cut off

delay

detain

draw up

flag down

halt

head off

hold up

intercept

pull

pull up

rein

rein in

stagnate

stall

still

stop

thwart

come in

arrive

enter

get in

go into

land

move into

reach

roll in

roll up

set ashore

assuage

dampen

douse

kill

quench

slake

snuff out

stub

bring

carry

do

derive

fetch

generate

give

output

pay

play

realise

return

set up

utter

wreak

yield

build

confection

cook up

dress

elaborate

fix

groom

prepare

accouter

accoutre

adorn

apparel

appoint

armor

armour

clothe

equip

fit

fit out

gear up

invest

kit

kit out

kit up

outfit

stock

supply

delete

efface

erase

obliterate

crowd

blow out

unmold

unmould

issue

get rid of

finish

turn over

turnout

evident

begin

get

go

place

put

set

set about

shape up

start

be able

be successful

can

come off

manage

succeed

reveal

be found

prove to be

result in

make emerge

take out

move

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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