turn up

  • (verb): To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
  • (verb): To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
  • (verb): To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
  • (verb): To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards.
  • (verb): To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.
  • (verb): To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.
  • (noun): Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.
  • (noun): A fight or disturbance.
  • (noun): The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.
  • (noun): A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book.
  • I don't like people turning up without an appointment.
  • I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.
  • Turn up the radio and sing along.
  • He turned up his collar against the cold.
  • Turn up the main halyard.