Main Entry: turn out

Function: verb

Date: 1546

transitive verb

1 a : expel, evict b : to put (as a horse) to pasture
2 a : to turn inside out <turning out his pockets> b : to empty the contents of especially for cleaning or rearranging; also : clean
3 : to produce often rapidly or regularly by or as if by machine <a writer turning out stories>
4 : to equip, dress, or finish in a careful or elaborate way
5 : to put out by or as if by turning a switch <turn out the lights>
6 : to call (as the guard or a company) out from rest or shelter and into formationintransitive verb 1 a : to come or go out from home in or as if in answer to a summons <voters turned out in droves> b : to get out of bed
2 a : to prove to be in the result or end <the play turned out to be a flop> <it turned out that we were both wrong> b : to become in maturity <nobody thought he'd turn out like this> c : end <stories that turn out happily>