phrasal verb · neutral
turn up
UK/tɜːn ʌp/US/tɜrn ʌp/TURN·up
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to appear or arrive unexpectedly; to increase volume; to be discovered
Examples
“He didn't turn up for the interview.”
“Could you turn up the heater? It's freezing.”
“The missing file finally turned up in my bag.”
Band 8 sentence
“She turned up at the conference unexpectedly, which changed the whole discussion dynamic.”
Collocations
- turn up for an interview
- turn up the volume/heater
- turn up something
Word family
turn up phrasal verbturn-up noun (informal)
Common mistakes
turn up to the meeting→turn up for the meeting
turn up the music off→turn up the music
I turned up the book→I turned the book up / The book turned up
Say it for a higher band
5show up→6appear→7+turn up
Synonyms
appear
show up
Easily confused
show up
“She showed up late to the meeting.”
appear
“A solution appeared after some discussion.”
turn on
“He turned on the lights.”
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