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S: (v) prove, turn out, turn up (be shown or be found to be) "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
S: (v) turn out (prove to be in the result or end) "It turns out that he was right"
S: (v) turn out (produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery) "This factory turns out saws"

S: (v) turn out (come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons) "How many people turned out that evening?"

S: (v) bear, turn out (bring forth) "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
S: (v) eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out (put out or expel from a place) "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

S: (v) evict, force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process) "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
S: (v) evict (expel or eject without recourse to legal process) "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
S: (v) show the door (ask to leave) "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise"
S: (v) bounce (eject from the premises) "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
S: (v) exorcise, exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers) "exorcise evil spirits"

W: (n) ejection [Related to: eject] (the act of forcing out someone or something) "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
W: (n) ejector [Related to: eject] (a mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing)
W: (n) exclusion [Related to: exclude] (the act of forcing out someone or something) "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

S: (v) turn out (come and gather for a public event) "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
S: (v) turn out (outfit or equip, as with accessories) "The actors were turned out lavishly"
S: (v) turn out, splay, spread out, rotate (turn outward) "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
S: (v) switch off, cut, turn off, turn out (cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch) "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
S: (v) get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise (get up and out of bed) "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"