Turn out - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtɜːn ˈaʊt|
Brit.  |tɜːn ˈaʊt|

verb

- be shown or be found to be (syn: prove, turn up)
- prove to be in the result or end
- produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
- result or end (syn: come out)
How will the game turn out?
- come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
- bring forth (syn: bear)
- put out or expel from a place (syn: boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude)
- come and gather for a public event
- outfit or equip, as with accessories
- turn outward (syn: rotate, splay, spread out)
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch (syn: cut, switch off, turn off)
turn out the lights
- get up and out of bed (syn: arise, get up, rise, uprise)

Extra examples

The whole town turned out to see it.

He turned out an excellent actor.

...we turn out early on workdays...

...it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over...

Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York.

How did the game turn out?

How will the game turn out?

Your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs

It's hard to predict how the election will turn out.

High humidity can make your loaves turn out doughy.

He may turn out to be the sleeper in this year's election.

I never intended things to turn out the way they did.

The policeman told me to turn out my pockets (=take everything out of them).

The reforms could turn out be highly problematic.

The boy might turn out to be a genius. You never can tell.

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