turn up
(HAPPEN) informal — phrasal verb with turn /tɜːn/
/tɝːn/ verb Definition
› If a better situation or an opportunity to do something turns up, it happens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned: Don't worry about it - something will turn up, you'll see. This job turned up just when I needed it.Occurring and happeningOpportunity Freedom to act
(Definition of turn up (HAPPEN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- break noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- chance noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- chance would be a fine thing idiom
- have a field day idiom
- it's now or never idiom
- look-in noun
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- manqué adjective
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- platform noun (IDEAS)
- prospect noun (POSSIBILITY)
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- scope noun (OPPORTUNITY)
- smell blood idiom
- sneak peek noun
- springboard noun (GOOD START)
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