What does turn out mean?

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[v] be shown or be found to be(She proved to be right The medicine turned out to save her life She turned up HIV positive)[v] prove to be in the result or end(It turns out that he was right)[v] produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery(This factory turns out saws)[v] result or e

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turn out - The Free Dictionary

[v] be shown or be found to be
(She proved to be right The medicine turned out to save her life She turned up HIV positive)

[v] prove to be in the result or end
(It turns out that he was right)

[v] produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
(This factory turns out saws)

[v] result or end
(How will the game turn out?)

[v] come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
(How many people turned out that evening?)

[v] bring forth,
(The apple tree bore delicious apples this year The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers)

[v] put out or expel from a place
(The unruly student was excluded from the game)

[v] come and gather for a public event
(Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York)

[v] outfit or equip, as with accessories
(The actors were turned out lavishly)

[v] turn outward
(These birds can splay out their toes ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees)

[v] cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
(Turn off the stereo, please cut the engine turn out the lights)

[v] get up and out of bed
(I get up at 7 A.M. every day They rose early He uprose at night)

Other vocabulary

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