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turning up missing

turning up missing is the present participle and gerund of turn up missing.

Meaning of turn up missing

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

Questions about turning up missing

What is turning up missing the present participle and gerund of?
Turning up missing is the present participle and gerund of turn up missing.

Words near turning up missing in the dictionary

  1. turning Turk
  2. turning turtle
  3. turning two
  4. turning under
  5. turning up
  6. turning up missing
  7. turning up one's nose
  8. turning up one's toes
  9. turning up the heat
  10. turning up the volume on
  11. turning up trumps

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