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What's "turn up" mean? I see this used in hiphop a lot.

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Rebecca

Here, "turn up" means to get loose or excited! It is a slang phrase. Originally the slang comes from the phrase "turnt up," which means to be intoxicated, but now just means a state of being wild or excited. Ex: Turn up! This party is going to bit lit. => "lit" is slang for excellent or cool Ex: We turned up last night! I can hardly remember what happened. => we went wild

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