turn up

Definitions

1. 1

   To show up

   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.
2. 2

   To cause to appear

   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.
3. 3

   To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or…

   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.
   • Turn the rhythm up, don't you wanna just Come along for the ride?
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   1. 4

      To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards.

      • He turned up his collar against the cold.
   2. 5

      To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).

      • Turn up the main halyard.
   3. 6

      To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.

      • We're going to turn up at the concert tonight.
   4. 7

      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.
   5. 8

      Alternative spelling of turn-up.

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• antonymturn downantonym(s) of “increase”