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turn up missing

turn up missing verb: to be discovered to have disappeared.

Verb

turn up missing (third-person singular simple present turns up missing, present participle turning up missing, simple past and past participle turned up missing)

  1. To be discovered to have disappeared.
    • He would have hidden the silver with the gold to wait there till his "revenge" was satisfied, and then he would have had the misfortune to find that money turn up missing.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    turn up

Antonyms of turn up missing

Forms of turn up missing

third-person singular presentturns up missing
present participleturning up missing
past participleturned up missing
pastturned up missing

Questions about turn up missing

What does turn up missing mean?
Turn up missing means to be discovered to have disappeared.
What part of speech is turn up missing?
Turn up missing is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn up missing?
The past tense of turn up missing is turned up missing.

Words near turn up missing in the dictionary

  1. turn two
  2. turn under
  3. turn up
  4. turn up for the book
  5. turn up for the books
  6. turn up missing
  7. turn up one's nose
  8. turn up one's toes
  9. turn up the heat
  10. turn up the volume on
  11. turn up trumps

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