turn out

verb

To end up; to result. (intransitive) · I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better.· The truth turned out to be more depressing than we thought.
To succeed; work out; turn out well. (intransitive) · I'm afraid the cake didn't turn out.
To attend; show up. (intransitive) · Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade.
To go out; to leave one's home. (dated, intransitive)
To extinguish a light or other device. (transitive) · Turn out the lights before you leave.
To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out (intransitive) · It turns out that he just made a lucky guess.
To produce; make. (transitive) · The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day.
To leave a road. (intransitive) · Turn out at the third driveway.

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You’re bringing a strange child into your house and home and you don’t know a single thing about him nor what his disposition is like nor what sort of parents he had nor how he’s likely to turn out.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 8 · C1

There’s risks in people’s having children of their own if it comes to that--they don’t always turn out well.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 9 · C1

“Well, I hope it will turn out all right,” said Mrs.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 9 · C1

You don’t know much about her or her real disposition, I suppose, and there’s no guessing how a child like that will turn out.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 64 · C1

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