turn up
phrasal verbturn up
- to be found, especially by chance, after being lost
- Don't worry about the letter—I'm sure it'll turn up.
- (of a person) to arrive
- We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.
- (of an opportunity) to happen, especially by chance
- He's still hoping something (= for example, a job or a piece of luck) will turn up.
turn something up
- to increase the sound, heat, etc. of a piece of equipment
- Could you turn the TV up?
- + adj. The music was turned up loud.
- (British English) to make a piece of clothing shorter by folding and sewing it up at the bottom opposite let something down related noun turn-up
- to find something
- Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.