Meaning Of Turn Up (somewhere) In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of turn up in English

turn up

phrasal verb with turn verb uk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/

(HAPPEN)

Add to word list Add to word list informal If a better situation or an opportunity to do something turns up, it happens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned: Don't worry about it - something will turn up, you'll see. This job turned up just when I needed it.

• I expect a new job will turn up soon.
• We don't have a house at the moment, but I'm sure something will turn up.
• This opportunity turned up at just the right time for me.

Occurring and happening

• afoot
• asynchronous
• asynchronously
• attend
• attendant
• be at work idiom
• ensue
• ensuing
• eventuate
• fall into place idiom
• fall on someone phrasal verb
• go off phrasal verb
• gone
• pass
• resynchronization
• resynchronize
• roll
• roll around phrasal verb
• shake out phrasal verb
• succeed

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Opportunity

(FIND)

If something that you have been looking for turns up, you find it unexpectedly: The missing letter eventually turned up inside a book. Finding and discovering

• a fishing expedition idiom
• alight on something phrasal verb
• ascertain
• break (fresh/new) ground idiom
• breakthrough
• bring something to light idiom
• flush someone/something out phrasal verb
• fossick
• found
• geocache
• homing
• pinpoint
• plumb
• put someone onto something phrasal verb
• rake something out phrasal verb
• red-handed
• rediscover
• rediscovery
• sniff
• suss

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turn up (somewhere)

phrasal verb with turn verb uk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/ informal B2 to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that is not planned: Do you think many people will turn up? She turned up at my house late one night. to arrive at a place

• arriveAfter a long day's travel, we finally arrived.
• get What time did you get there?
• reachWe won't reach Miami until evening.
• makeWe made it to the airport just in time for our flight.
• get inThe train gets in at 6:40 p.m.
• turn upShe turned up at my house late one night.

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• Hundreds of people turned up to see the ship dock at Southampton.
• She invited loads of friends to her party, but only a handful of them turned up.
• He turned up again after a lapse of two years.
• Mikey turned up with the lost book.
• Some secret service agents turned up, all wearing the obligatory raincoat and hat.

Arriving, entering and invading

• access code
• annex
• annexation
• be on the scene idiom
• been
• break
• infiltration
• ingress
• interloper
• intrude
• intrude on something
• jump
• re-entry
• reach
• reinvade
• reinvasion
• reoccupation
• reoccupy
• roll
• scene

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turn something up

phrasal verb with turn verb uk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/

(EQUIPMENT)

to use a control to adjust a piece of equipment or a power supply to increase what it is producing: Turn the sound up - I can't hear what they're saying. He put on the radio and turned it up loud. I'm freezing - can you turn the heating up? She reached for the engine control and turned it up to full power.

(CLOTHING)

to make a piece of clothing or part of a piece of clothing shorter, by folding the material and sewing it into position: You could always turn the sleeves up. Knitting & sewing

• appliqué
• appliquéd
• Aran
• ball of wool
• Bargello
• handknit
• handknitted
• hank
• hem
• intarsia
• overcast
• quilt top
• quilting
• reknit
• resew
• rib
• run something up phrasal verb
• sampler
• seam
• sew

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(INFORMATION)

informal to discover something, especially information, after a lot of searching: See what you can turn up about the family in the files. Arriving, entering and invading

• access code
• annex
• annexation
• be on the scene idiom
• been
• break
• infiltration
• ingress
• interloper
• intrude
• intrude on something
• jump
• re-entry
• reach
• reinvade
• reinvasion
• reoccupation
• reoccupy
• roll
• scene

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turn-up noun (FOLD)

[ C ] mainly UK (US usually cuff) a piece of material at the bottom of a trouser leg that is folded back: trouser turn-ups   Image Source/GettyImages Parts of clothes

• armhole
• belt loop
• bodice
• cap sleeve
• clerical collar
• dart
• lapel
• neckband
• neckline
• notch lapel
• patch pocket
• seam
• shirt tail
• shirtsleeve
• shoulder strap
• slash
• spaghetti strap
• sweetheart neckline
• tuck
• waist

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turn-up noun (EVENT)

[ S ] UK informal something that happens in an unexpected way or in a way that was not planned Surprising and shocking

• against all expectations phrase
• amaze
• amazing
• amazingly
• astonish
• dumbfounding
• dumbfoundingly
• dynamite
• earth-shaking
• earth-shakingly
• miraculously
• one for the books idiom
• pull
• pull something out of the bag/hat idiom
• raise (a few) eyebrows idiom
• turn-up for the book(s) idiom
• unbelievable
• walk
• walk in on someone phrasal verb
• world-shattering

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Idiom

turn-up for the book(s) (Definition of turn up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

turn up (something) | American Dictionary

turn up (something)

phrasal verb with turn verb us /tɜrn/ Add to word list Add to word list to appear or come to your attention, or to cause something to become known: She said she’d let me know if anything new turned up. A search of his office at the college turned up a wealth of evidence. (Definition of turn up from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of turn up

turn up Dummying out this period changes the detailed form of the relationship but not the low-popularity turn-up (plot not reported). From the Cambridge English Corpus In 1996–97 223,000 patients failed to turn-up for in-patient treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is certainly a turn-up for the book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is something of a turn-up for the books. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The process will interfere dreadfully, possibly terminally, with the turn-up-and-go system that is essential to the ferries' survival in competition with the channel tunnel shuttle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the turn-up will be more rapid, and greater, than many forecasters expect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With any turn-up in the economy, this becomes fairly clear even on the most pragmatic and commercial grounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is rather a turn-up for the books. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In revenue terms there has been a turn-up, allowing for the effects of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, that will certainly be a turn-up for the book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a turn-up for the book, and the articles are well worth reading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the future is bright, that the turn-up will come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need more flexibility so that operators can develop turn-up-and-go services without having contracts in place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I just wish that we had one in central government—that would be a turn-up for the book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That might be a turn-up for the book. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of turn up These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of turn-up?

Translations of turn up

in Spanish presentarse, vuelta, dobladillo… See more in Portuguese aparecer, descobrir algo, barra italiana… See more in Japanese in Polish in Turkish in French in Catalan in Norwegian in Korean in Italian 現れる, 到着する, 上（あ）げる… See more pojawić się, znaleźć się, mankiet… See more varmak, gelmek, ortaya çıkmak… See more monter, mettre … plus fort, arriver… See more presentar-se… See more skru opp, dukke opp, komme… See more 도착하다… See more comparire, farsi vivo, risvolto… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of turn up

• turn-up, at cuff
• turn/come up trumps idiom
• turn your nose up idiom
• turn-up for the book(s) idiom
• turn up the heat (on sb/sth)
• turn belly up, at go belly up idiom
• come up/turn up trumps

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• turn/come up trumps idiom
• turn your nose up idiom
• turn-up for the book(s) idiom
• turn belly up, at go belly up idiom
• turn your nose up at something idiom
• a turn-up for the book(s), at one for the books idiom

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  • Phrasal verb 
    • turn up (HAPPEN)
    • turn up (FIND)
    • turn up (somewhere)
    • turn something up (EQUIPMENT)
    • turn something up (CLOTHING)
    • turn something up (INFORMATION)
  • Noun 
    • turn-up (FOLD)
    • turn-up (EVENT)
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