turn out

Meaning

To end up; to result.
To succeed; work out; turn out well.
To attend; show up.
To go out; to leave one's home.
To extinguish a light or other device
To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
To produce; make.
To leave a road.
To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
To put (cattle) out to pasture.
To convince to vote
To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
To get out of bed; get up.

From Middle English turnen out, tornen out, equivalent to turn + out.
The slang and prison terms meaning "to turn into a prostitute, etc." are probably an ellipsis for turn (inside) out.

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