Definition of turn_up - WordReference.com Dictionary

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turn_up
A	verb
	1	come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up
			appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
		Category Tree: appear ╚come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up
	2	fold, fold up, turn up
			bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
		Category Tree: change ╚change surface ╚fold, fold up, turn up ╚crimp; pinch ╚tuck ╚ruffle; pleat ╚corrugate ╚wrinkle; ruckle; crease; crinkle; scrunch; scrunch up; crisp ╚furrow; wrinkle; crease ╚pleat; plicate
	3	excavate, dig up, turn up
			find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚obtain ╚excavate, dig up, turn up ╚disinter; exhume ╚nuzzle ╚grub up; grub out
	4	locate, turn up
			discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚find; regain ╚locate, turn up ╚pinpoint; nail ╚unearth
	5	prove, turn out, turn up
			be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
		Category Tree: be ╚prove, turn out, turn up ╚result; ensue

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