1
as in to roll out
to leave one's bed
we turn out early on workdays
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2
as in to clean
to remove the dirt from
it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over
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3
as in to out
to drive or force out
angrily turned their adult son out of their home for using drugs
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as in gig
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Recent Examples of turn out
Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
There turned out to be other benefits too: More money and prestige made American universities the best in the world.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025
Esme Nicholson, NPR, 2 June 2025
Voter turnout is notoriously low in off-year elections.
—Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Verb
Today there are more than 56,000 acres of wine grapes planted in Washington which turn out 12 million cases of wine in the average year, yet more than 90 percent of the state’s wineries producer fewer than 5,000 cases of wine (or 60,000 bottles) per year.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
There turned out to be other benefits too: More money and prestige made American universities the best in the world.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025
Noun
Both candidates mobilized the electorate; voter turnout was 71.31% — a record for the second round of a presidential election.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 2 June 2025
Voter turnout is notoriously low in off-year elections.
—Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn out
Verb
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When la migra raids workplaces and tries to enter schools and is vowing to do even more, L.A. ain’t going to roll out the red carpet and throw roses at them.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Trump visited Xi in Beijing during his first term, a lavish affair in which the Chinese leader rolled out the red carpet for him.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Details like the hidden interior pocket and soft patch for cleaning sunglasses are bonus selling points.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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His father rose from dishwasher to short-order cook while his mother cleaned houses.—
Linh Tat,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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As an Associated Press investigation revealed, these systems have also outed LGBTQ+ students to parents or school administrators by monitoring searches or conversations about gender and sexuality.—
Aislinn Conrad,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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That mysterious threat was outed then, with the same warning.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Prior to the settlement, the city had argued in legal filings that the four plaintiffs could not prove what caused their injuries, or that they were caused by police.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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That’s a supposition supported, if not proven, by increases in U.S. imports from Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and other countries corresponding to declines in specific commodities from China.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Rodrigo’s Governors Ball gig comes amid her ongoing Guts World Tour, which kicked off in February 2024 and next stops at Marlay Park in Dublin, Ireland on June 24.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
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The gig sorta fell into her lap but became something the long-time baseball fan wound up loving.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Other moms responded with similar accounts of staying up to check baby monitors, zooming in to see if their infants were breathing, or waking in panic from vivid dreams.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Really just to wake him up to the notion that he’s been sleepwalking for the last 10 or 20 years.—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
31 May 2025
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The Subaru then rolled over and struck a light pole, ejecting him from the vehicle.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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He was ejected from 10 games in 1898 and was arrested in the offseason for killing a mule that belonged to a farmer.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Gap was one of the most popular retail names of the 1980s and 1990s, but fell out of favor among consumers at the start of the new millennium.—
Ryan Baker,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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One by one, the other options outside of the Steelers began falling out of the running for Rodgers.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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“Turn out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20out. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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