To turn out Meaning, Definition & Usage

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1. . (a) To drive out; to expel; as, to turn a family out of doors; to turn a man out of office.

   I'll turn you out of my kingdom. Shak.

   (b) to put to pasture, as cattle or horses. (c) To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of manufacture; to furnish in a completed state. (d) To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the inside to the outside; hence, to produce. (e) To cause to cease, or to put out, by turning a stopcock, valve, or the like; as, to turn out the lights.

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1. . (a) To move from its place, as a bone. (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out. (c) To rise from bed. Colloq. (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to the fire. (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the cropsturned out poorly.