turning out
Ending up being
Turning out is the gerund and participle of turn out, which has several distinct applications.
Something that turns out a certain way ends up that way: The cake turned out perfectly.
To turn out for an event is to attend it, especially in numbers: Thousands turned out for the rally.
If you turn out a light, you switch it off.
To turn someone out is to expel them from a place.
Turning out also describes producing or manufacturing: The factory was turning out widgets at record pace.
- producingMaking or generating
- generatingCreating or making
- factory floorManufacturing workspace area
- emergingComing into view
- crowdLarge public gathering
creating · manufacturing · emptying · yielding · extinguishing · light switch · shift · transformation · developing · making good · exit · eviction · conversion · twist · coming around · attendance · showing up · showing up late
- ways to participateattending, joining, volunteering, competing, participating
turning outfalling through
Failing to happen
going wrong · backfiring · failing · fizzling out · collapsing
turning outstaying away
staying home · no-showing · staying in · skipping · boycotting
turning outshutting down
Ending operation or activity
stopping · discontinuing · withholding · holding back · closing down
turn, return, outside, out, turning, turned, outcome, output, returned