turn sth out
(EMPTY) — phrasal verb with turn /tɜːn/
/tɝːn/ verb Definition
› If you turn out a container or the things in it, you empty it completely: We turned out all the cupboards and drawers and found things we hadn't seen for years.Emptying
(Definition of turn sth out (EMPTY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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