turn up
Appear somewhere, or make something louder/hotter/stronger.
Meanings
To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly or without prior notice.
"He just turned up at the party without being invited."
"You don't have to turn up with an army."
— Common informal English usage
To increase the level or intensity of something such as volume, heat, or speed.
"Can you turn up the music? I can barely hear it."
"Turn up the radio, they're playing our song."
— Common song lyric expression; widely used in popular culture
To be found or discovered, usually after being lost or searched for.
"My missing keys turned up in the back of the sofa."
To fold the bottom of a piece of clothing upward to shorten it.
"The tailor turned up the trousers because they were too long."
One of the most common phrasal verbs in British and American English. 'Turn up' (intransitive) for arriving unexpectedly is very informal. For volume/heat it is separable and widely used. 'A turn-up for the books' is a British idiom meaning a surprising event.
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