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2 PHRASAL VERB When you are commenting on pleasant weather, you can say that is has turned out nice or fine, especially if this is unexpected. [BRIT , SPOKEN ] □ [V P adj] It's turned out nice again.

3 PHRASAL VERB If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing. □ [V P to-inf] Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be quite wrong. □ [V -ed P that] It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.

4 PHRASAL VERB When you turn out something such as a light or gas, you move the switch or knob that controls it so that it stops giving out light or heat. □ [V n P ] I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out. [Also V P n]

5 PHRASAL VERB If a business or other organization turns out something, it produces it. □ [V P n] They have been turning out great blades for 400 years. [Also V n P ]

6 PHRASAL VERB If you turn someone out of a place, especially the place where they have been living, you force them to leave that place. □ [V n P + of/from ] Surely nobody would suggest turning him out of the house. □ [V n P ] It was previously a small monastery but the authorities turned all the monks out. [Also V P n]

7 PHRASAL VERB If you turn out the contents of a container, you empty it by removing them or letting them fall out. □ [V P n] Turn out the dough on to a floured surface. □ [V n P + of/from ] Turn the plants out of their pots. [Also V n P ]

8 PHRASAL VERB If people turn out for a particular event or activity, they go and take part in it or watch it. □ [V P + for ] Thousands of people turned out for the funeral. □ [V P ] It was no wonder the fans turned out. The matches yielded 259 goals.

9 → see also turned out , turnout

▸  turn over

1 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over , or if it turns over , it is moved so that the top part is now facing downwards. □ [V n P ] Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously. □ [V P n] She sat down and turned over the test paper □ [V P ] The buggy turned over and Nancy was thrown out.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you turn over , for example when you are lying in bed, you move your body so that you are lying in a different position. □ [V P ] Ann turned over in her bed once more.

3 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over in your mind, you think carefully about it. □ [V n P + in ] Even when she didn't say anything you could see her turning things over in her mind.

4 PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over to someone, you give it to them when they ask for it, because they have a right to it. □ [V n P + to ] I would, indeed, turn the evidence over to the police. □ [V P n] The lawyer turned over the release papers. [Also V n P ]

5 PHRASAL VERB If you turn over a job or responsibility that you have, you give it to someone else, so that you no longer have it. □ [V P n + to ] The King may turn over some of his official posts to his son. [Also V n P ]

6 PHRASAL VERB If you turn over when you are watching television, you change to another channel. □ [V P ] Whenever he's on TV, I turn over.

7 → see also turnover

▸  turn over to PHRASAL VERB If you turn something over to a different function or use, you change its function or use. □ [V n P P n] When he first leased the land in the late 1970s, he planned to turn it over to cereal production.

▸  turn round → see turn around

▸  turn up

1 PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone or something turns up , you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time. □ [V P ] Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony.