Fall and Turn up

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Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

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Turn up and fall are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn up" instead a verb "Fall".

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Turn up verb - To come into view.

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Fall and turn up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall" instead a verb "Turn up".

The water itself is safe to swim in, but the piranhas are relentless and turn up almost as soon as you fall over the edge.

Source: Video Game / Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Notable also in that it ends with the suicide of a character—Nurse Carol Hathaway—who would turn up alive and well in the fall and stay with the show for six seasons.

Source: Pilot
Hurtle is genuinely altruistic towards Mrs Pipkin and Ruby, and does nothing more immoral to Paul Montague than turn up in London and manipulate him into taking her on a few outings in hope he would fall in love with her again.

Source: Literature / The Way We Live Now

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