turn out

English

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To result; end up.
  • (intransitive) To succeed; work out; turn out well.
  • (intransitive) To attend; show up.
  • (transitive) To extinguish a light or other device
  • (intransitive) To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
  • (transitive) To produce; make.
  • (intransitive) To leave a road.
  • (transitive) To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
  • (transitive) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
  • (sex) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
  • (sex) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
  • (transitive) To put (cattle) out to pasture.
  • (transitive) To convince to vote
  • (intransitive) To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
  • (intransitive) To get out of bed; get up.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English turnen out affix from English turn + English out (surpassing, beyond, outward, away from).

Origin

English

out

Gloss

surpassing, beyond, outward, away from

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