turn up

verb

1. intr to arrive or appear

   he turned up late at the party

2. to find or be found, esp by accident

   his book turned up in the cupboard

3. tr to increase the flow, volume, etc, of

   to turn up the radio

4. informal.
   tr to cause to vomit

noun

1. often plural the turned-up fold at the bottom of some trouser legs US and Canadian namecuff
2. informal.
   an unexpected or chance occurrence

Example Sentences

What other shameful secrets might a search of his Internet history turn up unrelated to his months swooning over ISIS?

From The Daily Beast

Did you turn up a source for the phrase “Rockefeller Republican”?

From The Daily Beast

“More often than not performers that turn up positive in our industry work on both sides,” says Evans.

From The Daily Beast

One of these, Mary Rogers, went missing, only to turn up in the Hudson River in 1841.

From The Daily Beast

I suspect that a thorough investigation of old folk and pop music recordings would turn up many other examples.

From The Daily Beast

He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.

From Project Gutenberg

He takes a turn up and down the room, looks at the music, and if the piece interests him, he will call upon you.

From Project Gutenberg

I had no idea of going back to Benton right away, and sitting around Fort Walsh waiting for something to turn up was not my taste.

From Project Gutenberg

Looking back through the rear window, he saw Carlson turn up a narrow walk between two tenement buildings.

From Project Gutenberg

She hoped that something would turn up and watched the mails very eagerly, hoping that a fugitive check might come.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• come across
• crop up
• detect
• encounter
• find
• meet
• pop up
• reveal
• see