Dictionary definition · turn up
verb
- appear or become visible; make a showing"She turned up at the funeral"
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other"fold up the newspaper"
- discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining"Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"
- be shown or be found to be"She proved to be right"
- find by digging in the ground"I dug up an old box in the garden"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).