TURNS UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

turns up

verb

Definition of turns up next

present tense third-person singular of turn up

as in appears

to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time

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Relevance

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as in arrives

to get to a destination when do you think our guests will turn up?

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as in finds

to come upon after searching, study, or effort it took days to turn up the original documents

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Recent Examples of turns up One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba. —

Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026 Jesse challenges fast-food chains into signing covenants with PUSH to hire and distribute proportionally to their black customers; Noah turns up with a chain of Wendy's, Bojangles, and Church's Fried Chicken in both Chicago and New York. —

Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026 The song turns up early in the film. —

Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2026 The menu turns up the heat on fan favorite food and will be available exclusively for rewards members for a limited time. —

Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026 Keaton’s ambivalence turns up in many of her roles, too. —

Hilton Als, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 Or rather — in the dead body of a teenage girl, which turns up in the desert at the start of the film, prompting a long, winding investigation to both uncover the victim’s identity and, eventually, who the culprit is. —

Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 Then Pol, Martí’s macho young teen son, turns up, who obviously won’t get on with Julia’s boy. —

Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025 Eileen’s imminent arrival is made even more dramatic when a younger woman named Thea (Imogen Poots) turns up at Hedda’s door in a state of distress. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025

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The support for signaling an openness to a potential rate hike appears to be a significant shift from previous meetings.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
That could be because this form of brain training appears to trigger something called implicit learning, which involves acquiring unconscious or automatic skills, like swimming or tying a shoelace.

— Jon Hamilton, NPR, 18 Feb. 2026