Turn someone out In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "turn someone out", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2022-01-02 01:01

Meaning of Turn someone out

Turn someone out phrasal verb informal

To switch the light off.

Mary laid her book aside, turned out the light, and went to sleep.

To take part in.

Jack was sick and he could not turn out for the meeting yesterday.

To produce something quickly.

Companies need to turn out new products to keep up with market trends.

To splay.

Jane studied ballet when she was young. She could turn her legs out by 90 degrees.

To come to an end.

Obviously, my boss is so disappointed at the way things have turned out.

To discover something surprisingly.

Her secret turned out to be stranger than we had expected.

To force to leave.

My teacher turned me out because I made noise in the class.

To outfit, as with accessories.

Because of the main actress, Angelina turned out lavishly.

To get up.

My sister usually turns out at 5 a.m to do exercise.

To take something out of your pocket.

The police suspected Jack of stealing, so they made him turn out his pocket.

The number of participants.

The turnout attending this year's countdown has dropped due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Other phrases about:

turn out

1. To be ultimately found to be.
2. (used with an adverb or adjective, or in questions with how) To occur, develop or result in a specific way.
3. To attend an organized event.
4. To point, curve outwards.
5. To produce something.
6. To get out of bed.
7. To evict someone.
8. To switch a light or source of heat off.
9. (British) To clean something carefully and completely by removing the things in it and arranging them again.
10. To empty something. especially your pockets.
11. To make something point, curve outwards.
12. To equip someone/something with equipment or clothes for a special purpose.
13. To get someone out of bed.
 

arrive some place in a body

To go somewhere in a group

arrive (up)on the scene

1. To arrive at a location while something is happening there
2. To appear or be born
 

sprout up

1. Used to indicate a plant raising above the earth.
2. Used to indicate the quick and sudden appearance
 

rock up in (something)

1. To turn up at a place by means of something.

2. To turn up at a place in a particular outfit.

Grammar and Usage of Turn someone out

Verb Forms

  • turns someone out
  • to turn someone out
  • turning someone out
  • turned someone out

The verb "turn" should be conjugated according to its tense.

 

 

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