Definition of turn up Turn up
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| turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" | ||
| fold, fold up | ||
| unfold, spread out, spread, open spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" | ||
| change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface | ||
| plicate, pleat fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" | ||
| furrow, crease, wrinkle hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" | ||
| crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunch, crease, wrinkle make a hoarse, rattling sound | ||
| corrugate fold into ridges; "corrugate iron" | ||
| pleat, ruffle fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" | ||
| tuck fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in" | ||
| crimp, pinch curl tightly; "crimp hair" | ||
| cross trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'" | ||
| collapse lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" | ||
| turn up - find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden" | ||
| excavate, dig up | ||
| obtain come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" | ||
| grub out, grub up dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps" | ||
| nuzzle dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle" | ||
| locate, turn up discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" | ||
| disinter, exhume dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | ||
| turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" | ||
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| dig up, excavate, turn up remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" | ||
| regain, find come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" | ||
| unearth bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President" | ||
| pinpoint, nail locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" | ||
| turn up - be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" | ||
| prove, turn out | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| ensue, result come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting" | ||
| turn up - appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" | ||
| come on, come out, surface, show up | ||
| appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- turn up (Noun)
A stroke of good luck. - turn up (Verb)
To show up ; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. - turn up (Verb)
To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light. - turn up (Verb)
To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards. - turn up (Verb)
To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.
