turn up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === turn up (third-person singular simple present turns up, present participle turning up, simple past and past participle turned up) (intransitive, copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. (transitive) To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc. (transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light. (transitive) To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards. (transitive, nautical) To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin). (intransitive, slang) To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs. (transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To acquit. ==== Usage notes ==== In senses 2, 3 and 4 the object is normally a thing, not a person. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “increase”): turn down ==== Hypernyms ==== turn ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === turn up (plural turn ups) Alternative spelling of turn-up. ==== Derived terms ==== turn up for the book === Anagrams === upturn