1
as in rolling out
to leave one's bed
we turn out early on workdays
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2
as in cleaning
to remove the dirt from
it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over
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as in dismissing
to drive or force out
angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs
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as in proving
to come to be
everything will turn out fine in the end
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Recent Examples of turning out
The network will air the iconic Video Music Awards for the first time ever, and a number of top names are turning out to support the event.
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Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Just ask my grandmothers, who have been turning out cream pies that hold up to the heat and humidity of South Texas for decades.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turning out
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This budget-friendly grocery store is always rolling out new and delicious items, and many of them come as a surprise.—
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Nasser drives a Tesla, which began rolling out its Grok AI conversational assistant feature in July 2025.—
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Use acetone only as a last resort, test first, then finish by cleaning with mild soapy water.—
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Each tank holds 40 liters, and each cleaning cycle uses roughly one liter of water per pair of shoes.—
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Confidence can tip into defensiveness, so your challenge has a lot to do with asserting boundaries without emotional withdrawal and honoring your needs without dismissing others.—
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The president spoke little about democracy in Venezuela, dismissing a potential role for its longstanding democratic opposition in running the country in the immediate aftermath of the operation.—
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From minimalist finishes to playful graphics and elevated textures, these manicures set the tone for the year ahead, proving that short nails aren’t a fallback—they’re the focus.—
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This week, when the Golden Globes honored the actor and producer with the Carol Burnett Award at its special Golden Eve celebration, Parker unknowingly tipped her hat to that very same look, proving that her personal style is as consistent as her industry contributions.—
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Gone are the days of spending hours searching for the answer to a question, having to leave the house to meet someone new or even getting up to change the temperature in your home.—
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Joy Villa has opened up about getting up the courage to defect from the Church of Scientology after 15 years in its service, and not before being in the religious cult took a steep toll on her physical and mental health.—
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Kelce and quarterback Patrick Mahomes set the tone before kickoff by ejecting Ravens kicker Justin Tucker and his equipment from the area where the Chiefs were warming up.—
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That blast obliterated a park boardwalk, ejecting rocks and mud hundreds of feet into the air.—
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The movie stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda, and follows the pair's friendship in the time after Elphaba's falling out with the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh).—
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According to a National Library of Medicine study, reading has been slowly falling out of fashion since the dawn of the millennium.—
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Each person's circadian rhythm, often defined as the body's internal 24-hour clock, keeps the body operating on a healthy pattern of sleeping and waking.—
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In 1941 Wales, the populace all begin dreaming of King Arthur’s return, while also claiming to witness waking phenomena like dragons in the London Underground and lights at Stonehenge.—
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“Turning out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turning%20out. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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