as in to straighten (up)
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turn out
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Auron recently found a plant that turned out to be a partridge pea, a legume species native to the East Coast that has bright yellow flowers in summer and fall.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025 -
One set of bones turned out to be fake.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Clean (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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