turn out

turn out
turn out
[for something] to aim outward. •

Her toes turned out just right for a ballet dancer.

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The legs of the chair turned out just a little, adding a bit of stability.

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{v.} 1. To make leave or go away. * /His father turned him out of the house./ * /If you don't behave, you will be turned out./ Compare: THROW OUT. 2. To turn inside out; empty. * /He turned out his pockets looking for the money./ * /Robbers turned out all the drawers in the house in a search for jewels./ 3. To make; produce. * /The printing press turns out a thousand books an hour./ * /Sally can turn out a cake in no time./ * /Martin turns out a poem each week for the school paper./ 4. {informal} To get out of bed. * /At camp the boys had to turn out early and go to bed early too./ Contrast: TURN IN(4). 5. {informal} To come or go out to see or do something. * /Everybody turned out for the big parade./ * /Many boys turned out for football practice./ Compare: FALL OUT. 6. To prove to be; be in the end; be found to be. * /The noise turned out to be just the dog scratching at the door./ * /Her guess turned out to be right./ * /Everything turned out all right./ 7. To make (a light) go out. * /Please turn out the lights./ Syn.: TURN OFF(1).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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