turn something out

turn something out
turn something out
1. to manufacture or produce something in numbers. •

The factory turns too few cars out.

The factory turns out about seventy-five cars a day.

2. to turn off a light. •

Please turn the hall light out.

Turn out the light.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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