turn up

1.  Increase the volume, speed, intensity, or flow of, as in Turn up the air conditioning; it's too hot in here. [Late 1800s]
2.  Find or be found, as in She turned up the missing papers, or Your coat turned up in the closet.
3.  Appear, arrive, as in His name turns up in the newspaper now and then, or Some old friends turned up unexpectedly. [c. 1700] This usage gave rise to turn up like a bad penny, meaning that something unwanted constantly reappears, as in Ken turns up like a bad penny whenever there's free liquor. Bad here alludes to a counterfeit coin.
4.  Fold or be capable of being folded, as in I'll just turn up the hem, or He preferred cuffs that turn up. [c. 1600]
5.  Happen unexpectedly, as in Something turned up so I couldn't go to the play. Also see the following idioms beginning with turn up.

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v

Definition: come, arrive
Antonyms: abandon, go, leave

v

Definition: discover or be discovered
Antonyms: lose, miss

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: appear or become visible; make a showing
  Synonyms: come on, come out, surface, show up

Meaning #2: bend or lay so that one part covers the other
  Synonyms: fold, fold up

Meaning #3: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
  Synonym: locate

Meaning #4: be shown or be found to be
  Synonyms: prove, turn out

Meaning #5: find by digging in the ground
  Synonyms: excavate, dig up

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overraskelse

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    kæmpe overraskelse

Français (French)
n. - (GB) revers (de pantalon)

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    (être) une belle surprise

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufschlag, Überraschung

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    Überraschung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ενδυμ.) γύρισμα (κν. ρεβέρ), (καθομ.) φασαρία, πατιρντί

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    ευχάριστη έκπληξη

Italiano (Italian)
risvolto

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    sorpresa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - algo inesperado (m)

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    evento surpreendente e inesperado

Русский (Russian)
счастливый случай, неожиданность, что-л. отогнутое, загнутое, отвернутое

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    сюрприз

Español (Spanish)
n. - vuelta o botamanga o dobladillo, sorpresa

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    sorpresa, suceso inesperado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slag (t.ex. på byxa), sensation, överraskning, skräll, slagsmål, bråk, uppdykande (am.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
完全出人意料的结果

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    意想不到的事, 出乎意料之外的事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 完全出人意料的結果

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    意想不到的事, 出乎意料之外的事

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 접어 올린 단, 뜻밖의 일, 소동

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 折り返し, 予期しないでき事

idioms:

• turn-up for the books    突然の出来事

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קפל (בדש המכנס), הפתעה (נעימה)‬

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