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- turn
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If you turn up the radio, you make it louder. You increase the volume. When you turn up the heat, you increase the level of the heat. You make it warmer. When you turn up something, you increase the level of it.
Ms. Ling couldn't hear the TV very well, so she turned up the volume.My grandmother said she was cold, so my mom turned up the heat in the house.- antonyms:
- dim, lower, turn down
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If someone turns up, they appear or arrive. When we say someone "turns up," we usually mean that they arrive late or in some particular or surprising way.
Steve turned up at the party even though nobody invited him.Melanie was a little upset that her friend turned up so late for the movie.The lost dog turned up in a town a long way from here.Everybody was worried about the little boy, but luckily he turned up safe.- similar words:
- show up
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