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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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Newsweek writers' verdicts One Last Peek Inside the Republican Tent | Opinion
Trump also reached to minorities, who turned up at the polls for him in far larger numbers than any Republican presidential candidate had ever won before.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
But in the two years since, new research has turned up more questions than answers.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Brandon wrote: East Harlem is one of America’s prime examples of how past investment decisions and discriminatory housing practices crowded poor and minority residents together and then turned up the heat on them.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Verb
But the investigation turned up evidence of Torres’ own illicit acts.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Newsweek writers' verdicts One Last Peek Inside the Republican Tent | Opinion
Trump also reached to minorities, who turned up at the polls for him in far larger numbers than any Republican presidential candidate had ever won before.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
But in the two years since, new research has turned up more questions than answers.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Brandon wrote: East Harlem is one of America’s prime examples of how past investment decisions and discriminatory housing practices crowded poor and minority residents together and then turned up the heat on them.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Turnup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnup. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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