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turn out all right

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  1. Also, work out all right. Succeed, as in The new cover turned out all right, or We're hoping their vacation will work out all right. The first term uses turn out in the sense of “result”; the variant uses work out in the sense of “proceed so as to produce a certain outcome,” a usage dating from the later 1800s. Also see pan out; work out.


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Sometimes, he said, he looks down and thinks: “Things did turn out all right in the end.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2024

People who say, "If you just think the right thoughts, everything is going to turn out all right," not so.

From Salon Oct. 24, 2021

The single “Appointments” concludes with Baker trying to convince herself that “maybe it’s gonna turn out all right/ Oh, I know that it’s not, but I have to believe that it is.”

From Washington Post Feb. 24, 2021

Glowinski, like the rest of the offensive linemen, knows there is skepticism about the moves the Seahawks have made up front, but like the rest of the linemen, predicts it’ll turn out all right.

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2016

While we work on the boxes I work on convincing myself that Billy will turn out all right without any interference from me.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

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