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turn up

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turn up
to appear or come to your attention. She said she'd let me know if anything new turned up. Look who just turned up — my old friend Buzz Galbraith!
See also: turn

turn up something
to find something, usually after looking. A three-hour search turned up no sign of a bomb. Our first look at the records did not turn anything up.
See also: turn
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At one o'clock he went out to get a bit of dinner and didn't turn up at two as he ought to have done.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
--Persons and Things do turn up so vexatiously in this life, and will in a manner insist on being noticed.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Noirtier, seating himself, "I might say the same thing to you, when you announce to me your wedding for the 28th of February, and on the 3rd of March you turn up here in Paris.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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