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• turn|out — «TURN OWT», noun. 1. a gathering of people; assemblage: »There was a good turnout at the picnic. 2. the quantity produced, as by an industry, shop, or machine; total product; output; yield. 3. a wide place in a narrow road, where vehicles can… …   Useful english dictionary

• turn out — 1) PHR V LINK If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated. [V P prep] If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me... [V P n] Sometimes… …   English dictionary

• turn out — verb 1. be shown or be found to be (Freq. 32) She proved to be right The medicine turned out to save her life She turned up HIV positive • Syn: ↑prove, ↑turn up • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• turn out — phrasal verb Word forms turn out : present tense I/you/we/they turn out he/she/it turns out present participle turning out past tense turned out past participle turned out 1) a) [intransitive] to develop in a particular way, or to have a… …   English dictionary

• turn out — 1. noun The total number of people that show up to an event. The turn out at Sarahs party was not very good. 2. verb a) To result; end up. I had hoped our first meeting wou …   Wiktionary

• turn·out — /ˈtɚnˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] 1 : the number of people who go to or participate in something There was a good/large turnout at the town meeting. [=a large number of people attended the town meeting] The opening game of the season brought only… …   Useful english dictionary

• turn out of somewhere — turn (someone) out (of (somewhere)) to force someone to leave a place. They turned him out of the shelter when they discovered he was using drugs. She was forced to leave home, turned out at the age of 16 …   New idioms dictionary

• turn out of — turn (someone) out (of (somewhere)) to force someone to leave a place. They turned him out of the shelter when they discovered he was using drugs. She was forced to leave home, turned out at the age of 16 …   New idioms dictionary

• To turn out — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• turn out — 1) make someone leave or go away The man decided to turn his son out of the house when he refused to get a job. 2) turn inside out, empty He turned out his pockets when he was looking for his car keys. 3) result, end, prove to be true At first we …   Idioms and examples

• Don't Turn Out the Lights — Single by New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys from the album NKOTBSB …   Wikipedia