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turns up missing

turns up missing is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 turns up missing

What is turns up missing the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Turns up missing is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turn up missing.

Words near turns up missing in the dictionary

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

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