to be found, especially by accident, after being lost or not known about
to come somewhere, especially unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement
to find something lost, hidden, or unexpected by looking for it
to happen unexpectedly or by chance
to increase the amount of sound, heat, or light produced by a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch
to make a piece of clothing or cloth shorter by making a fold along the bottom edge and fastening it with stitches
to open a fold along the edge of a piece of clothing
A right turn-up for the book, Jackson thought, steadily making his notes.
Can you turn the volume up a bit?
Don’t turn the TV up – I’m trying to read.
Give the punters what they want and they'll turn up in their thousands.
He turned up his jacket collar against the cold.
I just thought there could be a chance the Wordman might turn up.
I was starting some half-assed purposeless investigation, trying to turn up a lead to the pair who'd hit Morrissey's.
She failed to turn up for work on Monday.
She'd turn up to court to pay their fines, cash on the nail.
The documents finally turned up in an office along the corridor.
The police haven’t turned up anything new, have they?
There is no need to book – just turn up on the night.
You’ll get another job: something is bound to turn up soon.
`What a turn-up ,' said the Countess, wrapping her cloak around her.
turns up
turning up
turned up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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