turn up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
turn up• Would you mind turning the heat up?• Ben's been looking for a job for two months, but nothing good's turned up.• I'd almost given up hope of finding a house I liked, and then suddenly this one turned up.• After seven months on the case, the police failed to turn up any real clues.• Hey, turn this up for a second, I like this song.• Can you turn the television up? I can't hear it.• A thorough examination of the company's account books turned up several interesting facts.• Don't worry about your earrings - I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later.• Someone turned up the music, and people started dancing.• We hooked up my stereo and turned up the volume as loud as it would go.• Is the sound turned up too loud for you?• Have those files turned up yet?turn up late/early/on time etc• It's not fair on the people who turn up on time.• Would the star turn up on time?• They might turn up on time and do all the right things, or they might not.ˈturn-up noun [countable] British English 1. DCthe bottom of a trouser leg that is folded up for decoration or to make it shorter 〔裤腿的〕外翻边，卷边 SYN American English cuff2 a turn-up for the book(s) informalSURPRISED an unexpected and surprising event 意想不到的事，突发事件 Fancy you being in New York too. What a turn-up for the books! 你竟然也在纽约，真没想到啊！Examples from the Corpus
turn-up• They searched him and found fragments of car window glass in the turn-ups of his jeans.ˈturn-up nounChineseSyllable
folded that leg the Corpus is trouser bottom a of
turn up
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++turn up → turn up at turn1(PHRASAL VERB)
turn up
turn up phrasal verb (see also turn)
1. turn something ↔ up to turn a switch on a machine such as an oven, radio etc so that it produces more heat, sound etc
OPP turn down:
Turn the oven up to 220.
Turn up the radio!
2. to be found, especially by chance, after having been lost or searched for:
Eventually my watch turned up in a coat pocket.
3. to arrive at a place, especially in a way that is unexpected:
You can’t just turn up and expect a meal.
turn up late/early/on time etc
Steve turned up late, as usual.
4. if an opportunity or situation turns up, it happens, especially when you are not expecting it:
Don’t worry, I’m sure a job will turn up soon.
5. turn something ↔ up to find something by searching for it thoroughly:
The police investigation hasn’t turned up any new evidence.
6. turn something ↔ up British English to shorten a skirt, trousers etc by folding up the bottom and sewing it
⇨ turn up trumps at trump1(4)
turn up phrasal verb (see also turn)
1. turn something ↔ up to turn a switch on a machine such as an oven, radio etc so that it produces more heat, sound etc
OPP turn down:
2. to be found, especially by chance, after having been lost or searched for:
3. to arrive at a place, especially in a way that is unexpected:
turn up late/early/on time etc
4. if an opportunity or situation turns up, it happens, especially when you are not expecting it:
5. turn something ↔ up to find something by searching for it thoroughly:
6. turn something ↔ up British English to shorten a skirt, trousers etc by folding up the bottom and sewing it
⇨ turn up trumps at trump1(4)
See also turn