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turn up

tur·nup

common

verb

1.

appear or become visible; make a showing

  • “She turned up at the funeral”
  • “I hope the list key is going to surface again”
2.

bend or lay so that one part covers the other

  • “fold up the newspaper”
  • “turn up your collar”
Antonyms
3.

discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

  • “Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?”
  • “My search turned up nothing”
4.

be shown or be found to be

  • “She proved to be right”
  • “The medicine turned out to save her life”
  • “She turned up HIV positive”
5.

find by digging in the ground

  • “I dug up an old box in the garden”

Origin

Deverbal from turn up.

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