turn out
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turn out (third-person singular simple present turns out, present participle turning out, simple past and past participle turned out)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To result; end up.
- I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to attend; show up
- Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade..
- (transitive, idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device
- Turn out the lights before you leave.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
- It turns out that he just made a lucky guess.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce; make.
- The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day.
- (intransitive) To leave a road.
- Turn out at the third driveway.
- (transitive) To turn or rotate outwards or out of something.
- Turn out the dough onto a board and shape it.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
- The hotel staff hastened to turn out the noisy drunk.
[edit] Translations
to result; end up
to attend; show up
to extinguish a light or other device
to become apparent or known
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to produce; make
to refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict
