turning up

Verb

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

1. (copulative, intransitive) To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
   • Is this your t-shirt that turned up in my drawer?
2. (transitive) To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
   • I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.
3. (transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
   • Turn up the radio and sing along.
4. (transitive) To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards.
   • He turned up his collar against the cold.
5. (transitive) To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).
   • Turn up the main halyard.
6. (intransitive, slang) To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
   • We're going to turn up at the concert tonight.

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