[turn out] vt (1546) 1 a: expel, evict b: to put (as a horse) to pasture
2. a: to turn inside out "turning out his pockets" b: to empty the contents of esp. for cleaning or rearranging; also: clean
3: to produce often rapidly or regularly by or as if by machine "a writer turning out stories"
4: to equip, dress, or finish in a careful or elaborate way
5: to put out by turning a switch "turn out the lights"
6: to call (as the guard or a company) out from rest or shelter and into formation ~ vi 1 a: to come or go out from home in or as if in answer to a summons "voters turned out in droves" b: to get out of bed
2. a: to prove to be in the result or end "the play turned out to be a flop" "it turned out that we were both wrong" b: to become in maturity "nobody thought he'd turn out like this" c: end "stories that turn out happily"