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Definition of turn up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

turn up

phrasal verb
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turn up
  1. to be found, especially by chance, after being lost
    • Don't worry about the letter—I'm sure it'll turn up.
  2. (of a person) to arrive
    • We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.
  3. (of an opportunity) to happen, especially by chance
    • He's still hoping something (= for example, a job or a piece of luck) will turn up.
    related noun turn-up
turn something up
  1.  
     to increase the sound, heat, etc. of a piece of equipment
    • Could you turn the TV up?
    • + adj. The music was turned up loud.
  2. (British English) to make a piece of clothing shorter by folding and sewing it up at the bottom opposite let something down related noun turn-up
  3. to find something
    • Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.
See turn up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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