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turn out

VERB
  1. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    turn out the lights
    Turn off the stereo, please
    cut the engine
  2. result or end
    How will the game turn out?
  3. come and gather for a public event
    Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York
  4. bring forth
    The apple tree bore delicious apples this year
    The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers
  5. prove to be in the result or end
    It turns out that he was right
  6. produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
    This factory turns out saws
  7. get up and out of bed
    I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    He uprose at night
    They rose early
  8. come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
    How many people turned out that evening?
  9. outfit or equip, as with accessories
    The actors were turned out lavishly
  10. be shown or be found to be
    She turned up HIV positive
    She proved to be right
    The medicine turned out to save her life
  11. turn outward
    These birds can splay out their toes
    ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
  12. put out or expel from a place
    The unruly student was excluded from the game
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How To Use turn out In A Sentence

  • Turn out the lot and the wellrotted stuff at the base can be put on unplanted soil. The Sun
  • One of you may turn out to be a bit of a caner. The Sun
  • As you start your married life together hand in hand, may all the things you're hoping for turn out the way you've planned.
  • We will pay you a suitable, er, emolument as the finder and introducer of this piece if it does turn out to be genuine and we buy it? GOTHIC PURSUIT
  • I'm still unsure about this one; it could turn out really cool, or an absolute disaster ... my main motivation is that i don't wanna spend money on a haircut. decisions, decisions purchase any of the following: Kindle, iPod Touch, or MacBook Archive 2009-02-01
  • Dually, other irrelevant entailments are those that turn out to be valid just because the consequent is a necessary truth Impossible Worlds
  • The policeman made him turn out his pockets.
  • Gil probably should have thought about that and realized that a street address with the word rattlesnake in it was most likely a bad omen—that things probably wouldn’t turn out well if they tried living there. Fatal Error
  • Indigenisation is good, but too often missionaries, in their desire to indigenise the newly-planted churches, rush into appointing men who turn out to be unsuitable.
  • If the color you purchased doesn't turn out the way you intended, it's imperative that you consult an experienced colorist in order to get it retouched.
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