Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
Turn out
Turn out verb - To leave one's bed.
Both terms in one sentence
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Diabolus ex Machina: Just after causing a road accident and getting rid of Walker and Wheeler, Stacia is picked up by two paramedics who turn out to also be serial killers themselves.
Source: Series / Masters of Horror - Traumador calls on the Ghostbusters to get rid of some ghosts... which turn out to be beluga whales.
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This becomes a problem late in the book, when they turn out to have no plan for getting rid of Smaug, which Bilbo doesn't find out until after they've already pissed him off by stealing from him.
Source: Indy Ploy
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