TURN STH


Meaning of TURN STH in English

up

1.

to increase the sound, heat, etc. of a piece of equipment :

Could you turn the TV up?

[+ adj ]

The music was turned up loud.

2.

( BrE ) to make a piece of clothing shorter by folding and sewing it up at the bottom

OPP let down

—related noun turn-up

3.

to find sth :

Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.