# turn out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To end up; to result.
2. To succeed; work out; turn out well.
3. To attend; show up.
4. To go out; to leave one's home.
5. To extinguish a light or other device.
6. To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
7. To produce; make.
8. To leave a road.
9. To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
10. To empty for inspection.
11. To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
12. To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
13. To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
14. To put (cattle) out to pasture.
15. To convince to vote
16. To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
17. To get out of bed; get up.

## Etymology
From Middle English turnen out, tornen out, equivalent to turn + out.
The slang and prison terms meaning "to turn into a prostitute, etc." are probably an ellipsis for turn (inside) out (“to flip someone's character or role”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/turn-out