turns up

Appears without warning

Turns up means arrives or appears, often unexpectedly or after being absent: She turns up at the strangest times, The missing ring turned up in a drawer.

It also means to increase volume or intensity: Turn up the music.

In British slang, something that's a turn-up is a surprise or stroke of luck.

Related

pops up · surfaces · shows up · bad penny · manifests · amplifies · crank it up · arises · uncovers · dig up · surprises · flips · comes about · roll of the dice · rotates · increases · spring up · lost and found

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Opposites
appearance/arrival

turns updisappears

Ceases to exist visibly

vanishes · goes missing · no-shows · leaves · departs

volume/intensity

turns upturns down

Declines or reduces

lowers · reduces · decreases · dials down · mutes

expectation/attendance

turns upno-shows

Those who fail appointments

skips · bails · flakes · misses · blows off

Family

turn, return, turning, turned, returned, returns, turns, overturn, returning

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Top 20,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G