turn out (for something)

turn out (for something)
turn out (for something)
[for people, especially an audience] to [leave home to] attend some event. •

A lot of people turned out for our meeting.

Almost all the residents turned out for the meeting.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • turn out for something — turn out (for (something)) to come, appear, or be present for something. A lot of students turned out for the demonstration. The last time she performed here the whole town turned out …   New idioms dictionary

  • turn out for — turn out (for (something)) to come, appear, or be present for something. A lot of students turned out for the demonstration. The last time she performed here the whole town turned out …   New idioms dictionary

  • turn out — {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn out — {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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • turn out — (for (something)) to come, appear, or be present for something. A lot of students turned out for the demonstration. The last time she performed here the whole town turned out …   New idioms 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 — 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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

  • 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

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