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turn up
verb
1 turn up
Appear or become visible; make a showing.
synonyms: come on, come out, show up, surface.
Roget 151:
happen,
occur;
take place,
take effect;
come,
become of;
come off,
comeabout†,
come round,
come into existence,
come forth,
come to pass,
come on;
pass,
present itself;
fall;
fall out,
turn out;
run,
be on foot,
fall in;
befall,
betide,
bechance†;
prove,
eventuate,
draw on;
turn up,
crop up,
spring up,
pop up,
arise,
show up,
show its face,
appear,
come forth,
cast up;
supervene,
survene†;
issue,
arrive,
ensue,
arise,
start,
hold,
take its course;
pass off
etc.
(be past)
122.
meet with;
experience,
enjoy,
encounter,
undergo,
suffer,
pass through,
go through,
be subjected to,
be exposed to;
fall to the lot of;
be one's chance,
be one's fortune,
be one's lot;
find;
endure
etc.
(feel)
821.
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Roget 156:
chance,
hap,
turn up;
fall to one's lot;
be one's fate
etc.
601;
stumble on light upon;
take one's chance
etc.
621.
Roget 446:
be become visible
etc.
adj.;
appear,
open to the view;
meet the eye,
catch the eye;
basset;
present itself,
show manifest itself,
produce itself,
discover itself,
reveal itself,
expose itself,
betray itself;
stand forth,
stand out;
materialize;
show;
arise;
peep out,
peer out,
crop out;
start up,
spring up,
show up,
turn up,
crop up;
glimmer,
loom;
glare;
burst forth;
burst upon the view,
burst upon the sight;
heave in sight;
come in sight,
come into view,
come out,
come forth,
come forward;
see the light of day;
break through the clouds;
make its appearance,
show its face,
appear to one's eyes,
come upon the stage,
float before the eyes,
speak for itself
etc.
(manifest)
525;
attract the attention
etc.
457;
reappear;
live in a glass house.
expose to view
etc.
525.
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Roget 508:
not expect
etc.
507;
be taken by surprise;
start;
miscalculate
etc.
481;
not bargain for;
come upon,
fall upon.
be unexpected
etc.
adj.;
come unawares
etc.
adv.;
turn up,
pop,
drop from the clouds;
come upon one,
burst upon one,
flash upon one,
bounce upon one,
steal upon one,
creep upon one;
come like a thunder clap,
burst like a thunderclap,
thunder bolt;
take by surprise,
catch by surprise,
catch unawares,
catch napping;
yach [S. Afr.].
pounce upon,
spring a mine upon.
surprise,
startle,
take aback,
electrify,
stun,
stagger,
take away one's breath,
throw off one's guard;
astonish,
dumbfound
etc.
(strike with wonder)
870.
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Roget 880:
be vain
etc.
adj.,
be vain of;
pique oneself
etc.
(pride)
878;
lay the flattering unction to one's soul.
have too high an opinion of oneself,
have an overweening opinion of oneself,
have too high an opinion of one's talents;
blind oneself as to one's own merit;
not think small beer of oneself,
not think vin ordinaire of oneself [Fr.];
put oneself forward;
fish for compliments;
give oneself airs
etc.
(assume)
885;
boast
etc.
884.
render vain
etc.
adj.;
inspire with vanity
etc.
n.;
inflate,
puff up,
turn up,
turn one's head.
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Dutch: flirten, goed groeien
2 turn up
Bend or lay so that one part covers the other:
— Turn up your collar.
synonyms: fold, fold up.
Dutch: plooien, vouwen
3 turn up
Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining.
synonym: locate.
4 turn up
Be shown or be found to be.
synonyms: prove, turn out.
Dutch: blijken
5 turn up
Find by digging in the ground.
synonyms: dig up, excavate.
Dutch: opdelven, opgraven
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