TURNED OUT Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

turned out

verb

Definition of turned out next

past tense of turn out

as in rolled out

to leave one's bed we turn out early on workdays

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as in cleaned

to remove the dirt from it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over

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as in dismissed

to drive or force out angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs

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as in proved

to come to be everything will turn out fine in the end

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Recent Examples of turned out Chkhikvishvili, a citizen of the nation of Georgia, was busted in July 2024 for trying to recruit someone, who turned out to be an undercover fed, into taking part in murder, bombing and arson plots. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026 But putting people in an immersive environment to experience the tsunami without the deadly consequences of being there in person turned out to be the best way to help people grasp the scale. —

Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 The pair of town hall meetings hosted by law firms operating under the name PFAS Georgia turned out nearly 1,000 people and served as an informal campaign stop for about a dozen political candidates — a nod to the grassroots outrage over the topic. —

Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026 The move turned out to be a watershed moment for Mansoori, who caught the bug. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 What once looked like a misadventure turned out to be a pivotal chapter in the story Pichai began telling a decade earlier. —

Sam Jacobs, Time, 6 May 2026 Nearly 80% of Hungary’s electorate turned out to turn Orban out. —

Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 Passero noted that his staff determined areas of concern nevertheless turned out to be fully code complaint, while others required relatively minor work. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026 See, turned out, that’s an option! —

Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026

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La Dolce Vita Orient Express, the new luxury train that rolled out in Italy in the spring of 2025, will head abroad for the very first time this fall.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 May 2026
For much of the 2020s, automakers poured billions into fully electric vehicles while federal and state governments rolled out tax incentives aimed at accelerating EV adoption.

— Mike Winters, CNBC, 19 May 2026