turn out

Language: en

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic,copulative)Toend up; toresult.I had hoped our first meeting wouldturn outbetter.The truthturned outto be more depressing than we thought.I couldn't have assisted anyway, as itturned out.1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter I, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,page 2:He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised toturn outa celebrity it would have had no weight with me.2019April 28, Alex McLevy, “Game Of ThronesSuffers the Fog of War in the Battle against the Dead (Newbies)”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon31 May 2021:The thing we’ll all remember is Arya Stark, Supreme Badass Of The Seven Kingdoms. Not Jon Snow, not Daenerys, but the pint-size warrior who spends the first part of the fight just annihilating White Walkers one after the other, thenturns outto be the one who deals the killing blow to the Night King.; (intransitive,by ellipsis)Tosucceed;work out; turn out well.I'm afraid the cake didn'tturn out.; (intransitive,idiomatic)Toattend;show up.Hundreds of peopleturned outto see the parade.1944January and February, W. McGowan Gradon, “Forres as a Railway Centre”, inRailway Magazine, page23:The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems toturn outto watch it go off.; (intransitive,dated)Togo out; to leave one's home.1953,Samuel Beckett,Watt,[Paris]:Olympia Press,→OCLC:But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have had to put on his coat and hat andturn out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure, to where the dog lay.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toextinguishalightor other device.Synonyms:turn off,switch out,switch offTurn outthe lights before you leave.1854, Dickens, chapter 11, inHard Times:The day grew strong, and showed itself outside, even against the flaming lights within. The lights wereturned out, and the work went on.1984December 29, Judith Barrington, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, inGay Community News, volume12, number25, page 7:It's one of those books you have to go on reading long after you know you shouldturn outthe light unless you want to feel like hell the next morning.; (intransitive,idiomatic)To becomeapparentor known, especially(as) it turns outItturns outthat he just made a lucky guess.1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 19, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomerturned outto be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.2012September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, inthe Guardian:The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice. As itturned out, it was a masterstroke. The striker was full of running, played with a more direct shoot-on-sight approach than normal and finished with two goals and an assist.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toproduce; make.The bakeryturns outthree hundred pies each day.1942February, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part VII”, inRailway Magazine, page44:This new locomotive wasturned outof Doncaster works in May, 1934, to a mighty fanfare of trumpets.; (intransitive)Toleavearoad.Turn outat the third driveway.; (transitive)Toremovefrom amould,bowletc.Turn outthe dough onto a board and shape it.1897, Richard Marsh,The Beetle:He had found the pocket, and wasturning outthe contents.; (transitive)Toemptyfor inspection.Pleaseturn outyour pockets.The security guard asked everyone toturn outtheir bags.; ; (transitive,idiomatic)Torefuseservice or shelter; toejectorevict.Coordinate terms:turn away,turn downThe hotel staff hastened toturn outthe noisy drunk.The poor family wereturned outof their lodgings at only an hour's notice.The whole lot of grafters was laterturned outof office.1998, Jonathan Langley,Collins Bedtime Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Mary Had a Little Lamb, page39:And so the teacherturneditoutBut still it lingered near,And waited patiently aboutTill Mary did appear.; (sex,transitive,slang)To convince a person (usually a woman) to become aprostitute.2008, Carolyn Maloney,Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated:He thenturned her outonto the streets of Chicago with a quota to meet: $500 for a night's work.2008, Joseph B. Haggerty, Sr.,Shame: The Story of a Pimp, page361:Like I told you, I'm stillturningthis one bitchout.[…]Sunday is three days away, if you ain'tturnedheroutby then she ain't worth it.2012,Eyes . . . JB,If I Should Die Tonight: The Untold Stories, page18:The nigga thatturnedheroutwas named Derek “Sweets” D. I despised that pimping motherfucker with passion.; (sex,transitive,prisonslang)Torape; tocoercean otherwise heterosexual individual into performing ahomosexualrole.; (transitive)To put (cattle) out to pasture.; (transitive)To convince tovoteturn outpotential voters; (intransitive)To leave one's work to take part in astrike.; (intransitive,colloquial)To get out of bed;get up.

Examples:

EN: "Don't worry, my son... by God's love everything will turn out RIGHT!"
ES: "No te preocupes, hijo. Con el amor de Dios, ¡todo irá bien!"
EN: I'm afraid he might turn out like his father"
ES: Tengo miedo que termie como su padre."
EN: Oh, I ain't trying to stop you having fun but this thing will turn out bad.
ES: No intento impedir que te diviertas pero esto resultará mal.
EN: Everything will turn out for the best. It..
ES: Todo saldrá bien.
EN: I hope this is not going to turn out to be a poisoning case.
ES: Confío en que esto no se convierta en un caso de envenenamiento.
EN: It'll all turn out for the better.
ES: Todo irá a mejor.
EN: AndI don't suppose he'll turn out no better than the rest.
ES: Y supongo que él no es mejor que el resto.
EN: Suppose you turn out to be as good as your mother, or better.
ES: Supón que eres mejor que tu madre...
EN: I never know how they're gonna turn out.
ES: Nunca sabes cómo van a quedar.
EN: Of course, it's quite against my better judgment... but, uh, I hope it'll turn out all right.
ES: Claro que a mi me parece un error... pero espero que resulte bien.
EN: - How? Just suppose he didn't turn out to be a heel last night. I'd have been married to him in three months, and after being nicely cemented... with a wedding ring, the church service and everything...
ES: Si no se hubiera portado como un canalla anoche me habría casado con él en tres meses, y ya establecida con un anillo de boda y el oficio religioso y todo me habría enterado de cómo es en realidad.
EN: Then make yourself a second plan None will turn out right
ES: Y trama un segundo plan, verás cómo ninguno sale bien.
ES: Y trama un segundo plan, verás cómo no ninguno sale bien.
EN: When the needed funds are handy Things will usually turn out right
ES: Si tienes el dinero suficiente, el final suele ser bueno.
EN: Let's turn out the light.
ES: Apaguemos la luz.
EN: I didn't know how it was going to turn out.
ES: Sin conocer su salida.

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