TURN OUT

(verb) get up and out of bed
"I get up at 7 A.M. every day", "They rose early", "He uprose at night"
synonyms : arise , get up , rise , uprise
(verb) come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
"How many people turned out that evening?"
(verb) put out or expel from a place
"The unruly student was excluded from the game"
synonyms : boot out , chuck out , eject , exclude , turf out
(verb) cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
"Turn off the stereo, please", "cut the engine", "turn out the lights"
synonyms : cut , switch off , turn off
(verb) produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
"This factory turns out saws"
(verb) bring forth,
"The apple tree bore delicious apples this year", "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
synonyms : bear
(verb) turn outward
"These birds can splay out their toes", "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
synonyms : rotate , splay , spread out
(verb) outfit or equip, as with accessories
"The actors were turned out lavishly"
(verb) come and gather for a public event
"Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
(verb) result or end
"How will the game turn out?"
synonyms : come out
(verb) 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"
synonyms : prove , turn up
(verb) prove to be in the result or end
"It turns out that he was right"

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