turn up

Speech parts

1. turn up - Noun

2. turn up - Verb

Meaning

appear or become visible; make a showing

find by digging in the ground

bend or lay so that one part covers the other

discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

be shown or be found to be

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

turn-up

Synonyms

surface locate fold come out show up dig up show increase come find occur appear report pleat develop

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Antonyms

lower retreat withdraw quiet cache retire

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Hypernyms

find appear obtain regain be change surface

Hyponyms

result pleat cross collapse nail pinch

Examples

Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark. O. Henry

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. James A. Garfield

He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together. Saffron Burrows

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be. Terry Pratchett

So are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack? Garth Nix

You didn't turn up when sense was being distributed. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

turn turtle turn two turn under turn up again turn up at turn up for the book