turn upverb

• 1

  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

  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

  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?
• 4

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

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

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

  • Turn up the main halyard.
• 6

  slangTo party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.

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

  obsoleteslangTo 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.
• 8

  slangTo sicken.

  • '[…] fair turned me up.' 'You get used to these things, lad,' Inspector Moss said as they trudged heavy-footed up the stairs. 'Though I know what you mean. The first time I saw a dead woman my stomach turned over. […]'

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