turn out
Meaning
- To end up; to result.
- To succeed; work out; turn out well.
- To attend; show up.
- To go out; to leave one's home.
- To extinguish a light or other device
- To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
- To produce; make.
- To leave a road.
- To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
- To empty for inspection.
- To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
- (slang) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
- (slang) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
- To put (cattle) out to pasture.
- To convince to vote
- To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- (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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