to turn up
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2.0
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrn ʌp/
:
aparecer
- And once again, this search might not turn up anything either.
- people turn up
- things turn up
- the same word turns up
Lo and behold, he turns up at Belmarsh, right?
- Lo and behold, he turns up at Belmarsh, right?
- Anyway, the next thing I know, the police turned up at this point.
- And it's amazing how many people will turn up to help you.
- My mum called Ruth and Eamonn and they turned up at my house.
- And then my nan turns up and my mum's put in hospital.
- So they in LA, Elon Musk turns up outside with a cyber truck.
- An isolated forest in Canada where people keep turning up headless.
- Anyway, then this girl's turned up and then everyone disappeared.
- So it just didn't turn up for the first one.
- And there were loads of DJs turned up, thousands of people.
- You and Josh turning up looking the exact same on Lorraine.
- And there was this one night where these people turned up who did Latin jive dancing.
- Okay, so we turn up to this.
Examples
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So let's get to this party because I am ready to turn up!
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On the other hand, the ideal picture may turn up at a time we expect it the least.
Academic text (2004) -
Yeah, so and if you turn up next time it's on site.
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Okay, so we turn up to this.
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If anything turns up, we will let you know.
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And my guess was that they would turn up eventually, here and there, in the coming months.
Academic text (1998) -
For all she knew, one of the women who turned up today might be a relative.
Fiction book (1994) -
But the next morning, when she turned up with some toast, she handed me a chapter.
Fiction book (1995) -
He'll turn up eventually.
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After searching for hours, she was relieved when her lost phone finally turned up at the coffee shop.
Synonyms
∞
1.4
To be seen or arrive at a place
873
1.0
To come into view or become visible
526
2.3
To appear or become visible, for example when the sun shines through clouds
183
3.0
To appear or arrive when you do not expect it
143
3.9
To rise to the top and become visible after being hidden
82
2.1
Begin to appear or become visible
70
2.7
To come back into sight after being away for a time
36
3.5
Go to an event, often briefly or in a formal way
34
4.2
To appear again after being hidden or inactive
22
5.2
To appear unexpectedly, like at your door, asking for help or a chance
20
7.2
To appear suddenly after being hidden or not active
14
6.3
To arrive without warning and often bring good or bad results
7
4.2
Appear from a place, often suddenly
To appear again after being hidden or gone
To finally arrive somewhere after a long or unexpected journey
Antonyms
How Present
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'turn' (move/rotate) and 'up' (toward a higher position or result) give a plausible, partially predictable sense of moving or lifting a collar edge, so a learner who knows both words could approximate the meaning. However, the specific notion of folding an edge and the fact that 'turn up' has several unrelated senses (e.g. appear, increase volume) make the exact sense not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
The phrasal verb turn up may come from the picture of a person turning a corner and coming up into view at a place. That's why we say someone 'turns up' when they 'arrive' or 'appear', sometimes by surprise.