This video explains the meanings and uses of the phrasal verb 'Turn Up' in English. We show you how to use it with some easy examples so you can use it in spoken and Business English.
We can use turn up to mean increase the volume or level of something. The opposite of turn up is turn down. Anything that has an up/down adjustment can be turned up or turned down. Turn up also means to arrive somewhere randomly, like turning up to a party you’re not invited to. When something is lost, it might turn up somewhere, eventually. If you’re down on your luck, you might be hoping that there will be a turn up in fortune. If you bought a pair of trousers, but they don’t quite fit, you might think about bringing them to a tailor and getting them turned up. Throughout the early 2000s, it was trendy for teenagers to turn up their collar; in America, they call it popping your collar.