单词 | turn it up |
释义 | > as lemmasturn it up b. transitive. slang (chiefly British). To give up, abandon (an activity). Formerly also intransitive: †to throw up or abandon one's work, to give up (obsolete). Now only in imperative as turn it up: used as a warning to desist, esp. from objectionable talk; ‘shut up’, ‘come off it’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign resign1395 resignate1531 to go out1642 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 to turn up1819 to pull the pin1860 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to snatch it or one's time1941 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! to do waya1325 stay1601 go and eat coke1669 to leave off1785 whoa1838 drop it!1843 cut1859 turn it up1867 to come off ——1896 to chuck it1901 knock it off!1902 cut it out1903 nix1903 break it down1941 to shove it1941 leave it out!1969 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Turn up To desist from, or relinquish, any particular habit or mode of life, or the further pursuit of any object you had in view, is called turning it up. 1867 Era 20 Oct. 6/4 Mr Vance, in the character of the ‘Chickaleary Bloke’, called the gentleman in the gallery a ‘yob’, and..advised him to ‘turn it up’. 1887 Punch 30 July 45/2 Let us turn up this barney, and toddle ashore for some grub. 1904 A. Griffiths Fifty Years Public Service xiii. 173 Smith..‘turned up’ one day, in other words refused to labour on the works. 1925 E. Jervis Twenty-five Years in Six Prisons i. 22 He has done twenty-five years in prison. But five or six years ago he ‘turned the game up’. 1945 J. B. Priestley Three Men in New Suits i. 6 Turn it up, will you... You're arguing with yourself. 1991 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 7th Ser. Episode 4. 204/1 Del. Wait a minute. Maybe Trigger organised this! Boycie. Oh turn it up, Del Boy. Trigger couldn't organise a prayer in a mosque. 2001 H. Collins No Smoke vii. 103 Barney blushes, bowing his head boyishly—‘Aw turn it up, Maw. Godsakes, man,’ he jokes—‘A plastic raincoat in summer?’ < as lemmas |
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