turn up

Questions about turn up

What does turn up mean?

turn up means "appear or become visible; make a showing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for turn up?

Close synonyms include come on, come out, surface, show up, fold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turn up a common word?

turn up is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.