POLICE (UP) Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

police (up)

verb

Definition of police (up)

as in to straighten (up)

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turn out

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When Netflix reported its first-quarter earnings back in April, the company’s profits turned out to be higher than Wall Street analysts had projected — and yet the next day, its stock price dropped by nearly 10 percent.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 July 2026
All this kerfuffle may not prevent a win for the Democrats in the midterms—Trump’s historic unpopularity means that many people will turn out just to vote against him.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 16 July 2026

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