1
: turned up
a turnup nose
2
: made or fitted to be turned up
a turnup collar
turned up; turning up; turns up
2
: to raise or increase by or as if by turning a control
turn up the volume on the radio
3
British
a
: to look up (a word, a fact, etc.) in a book
b
: to refer to or consult (a book)
4
: to turn (a card) face upward
1
: to appear or come to light unexpectedly or after being lost
new evidence has turned up
2
a(1)
: to turn out to be
he turned up missing at roll call
(2)
: appear sense 4
her name is always turning up in the newspapers
b
: to arrive or show up at an appointed or expected time or place
turned up half an hour late
3
: to happen or occur unexpectedly
something always turned up to prevent their meeting
4
of a ship
: tack sense 1b
Synonyms
Examples of turnup in a Sentence
Verb
my missing car keys turned up just in time
when do you think our guests will turn up?
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Deion Sanders turned up in Boulder two Decembers ago with an NFL-ready pocket passer ready to take the wheel.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
The $9,000 Rolex Submariner, engraved with Reeves’ name, turned up in a police raid on four houses in Santiago.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Shared locations—like the Chelsea Hotel, Laurel Canyon (imagine Frank Zappa turning up in the story of Joni Mitchell), or London’s Bag o’ Nails club—could become recurring settings, grounding the films in the physical spaces where rock history was made.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Verb
After the Canucks took the lead in the third period, the Flames turned up the pressure and threw a fastball that Vancouver had zero ability to catch up to.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Deion Sanders turned up in Boulder two Decembers ago with an NFL-ready pocket passer ready to take the wheel.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
The $9,000 Rolex Submariner, engraved with Reeves’ name, turned up in a police raid on four houses in Santiago.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Shared locations—like the Chelsea Hotel, Laurel Canyon (imagine Frank Zappa turning up in the story of Joni Mitchell), or London’s Bag o’ Nails club—could become recurring settings, grounding the films in the physical spaces where rock history was made.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Turnup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnup. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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