Sekirov Dictionary

turn up

verb 8
turn-up noun 5
forms 5

verb8

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To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
- Is this your t-shirt that turned up in my drawer?
- I don't like people turning up without an appointment.
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To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
- I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.
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To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
- Turn up the radio and sing along.
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To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards.
- He turned up his collar against the cold.
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(slang) To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
- We're going to turn up at the concert tonight.
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To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).
- Turn up the main halyard.
(UK, slang) To sicken.
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(slang, no longer used) To acquit.
- Thirty-six were cast for death, and only one was ‘topped’ (hanged), the very one that expected to be ‘turned up’ (acquitted) for highway robbery. — 1851

turn-up noun5

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Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.
- Why does all this fluff accumulate in the turn-ups?
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(figurative) A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book.
- Despondent settled down favourite, but ran badly, and the fielders had a fine turn up by the success of Carlton Spring, on whom Allsopp jumped off in front and stayed there. — 1896
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The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.
- I'll bet $10 that the next turn-up is an ace.
(old-fashioned) A fight or disturbance.
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(historical) A book, intended for children, with flaps that can be lifted to reveal underlying text or images.
- Books with flaps which lifted up and down and known as "turn-ups" came about in 1795 and were listed in Laurie and Whittle's catalogue. — 1971

forms

turned up · turning up · turns up · turn ups · turn-ups

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