The urban development initiative was initially met with scepticism, but it eventually ---- to be remarkably effective.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. turned out
- Step 1: The contrast between initial skepticism and ultimate outcome requires an idiom of eventuation.
- Step 2: 'Turn out' means to prove to be the case in the course of time or events.
Answer
turned out.
Why not the others: 'Passed away' means deceased; 'Figured out' means solved mentally; 'Worked out' can mean exercised or developed, but 'turned out to be' is the standard syntactic complement.
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