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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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turned out for the holiday party

0All the employees of the company turned out01b00 for02b00 the holiday party.02br
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00Is "for" in the above optional? If not, what does it refer to? Thanks.0-
  

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" 02br 02br 00Oddly, you turn up somewhere if you arrive, but you turn out for an event. 02br 02br 00The noun "turn out" means the number of people who were there. Was there a good turn out?

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  • " 02br 02br 00Oddly, you turn up somewhere if you arrive, but you turn out for an event.
  • 02br 02br 00The noun "turn out" means the number of people who were there.
  • Was there a good turn out?
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0No, it's a key part of "turned out for." 02br
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00Oddly, you turn up somewhere if you arrive, but you turn out for an event. 02br
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00The noun "turn out" means the number of people who were there. Was there a good turn out? Yes a lot more people turned up than I expected.0-
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0Indeed, you need it, it indicates02br
01i01b00for02b00 what purpose they showed up/came02i0-
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