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TURN OUT

Definition:

[verb] be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
Synonyms: prove, turn up
[verb] prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"
[verb] produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws"
[verb] prove to be in the result or end; "How will the game turn out?"
Synonyms: come out
[verb] come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?"
[verb] bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
Synonyms: bear
[verb] put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"
Synonyms: expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out
[verb] come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
[verb] outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly"
[verb] turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
Synonyms: splay, spread out, rotate
[verb] cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
Synonyms: switch off, cut, turn off
[verb] get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
Synonyms: get up, arise, uprise, rise