Meaning

• To result; end up.

  "I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better."

• (by ellipsis) To succeed; work out; turn out well.

  "I'm afraid the cake didn't turn out."

• To attend; show up.

  "Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade."

• To extinguish a light or other device

  "Turn out the lights before you leave."

• To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out

  "It turns out that he just made a lucky guess."

• To produce; make.

  "The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day."

• To leave a road.

  "Turn out at the third driveway."

• To remove from a mould, bowl etc.

  "Turn out the dough onto a board and shape it."

• To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.

  "The hotel staff hastened to turn out the noisy drunk."

• (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.

• To put (cattle) out to pasture.

• To convince to vote

  "turn out potential voters"

• To leave one's work to take part in a strike.

• To get out of bed; get up.