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present participle of turn up
Synonyms & Antonyms of turning up
1
to come into view
- my missing car keys turned up just in time
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2
to get to a destination
- when do you think our guests will turn up?
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3
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
- it took days to turn up the original documents
Synonyms for turning up
- ascertaining,
- descrying,
- detecting,
- determining,
- digging out,
- digging up,
- discovering,
- dredging (up),
- ferreting (out),
- finding,
- finding out,
- getting,
- hitting (on or upon),
- hunting (down or up),
- learning,
- locating,
- nosing out,
- rooting (out),
- routing (out),
- rummaging,
- running down,
- scaring up,
- scouting (up),
- tracking (down)
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- losing,
- mislaying,
- misplacing,
- missetting
- (or mis-setting)
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