Turn up meaning
Turn up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is for a favourable situation or opportunity to occur or become available without planning.
- Past simple
- turned up
- Past participle
- turned up
- -ing form
- turning up
What turn up means
happenB2informal
For a favourable situation or opportunity to occur or become available without planning
A suitable job turned up sooner than she expected.
1 more meaning of turn up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With turn: turn off, turn on, turn down, turn out.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does turn up mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is for a favourable situation or opportunity to occur or become available without planning. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of turn up?
Turned up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
