"turn up for the books" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "turn up for the book"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Lee Martin, The Lipstick Killers",
          "text": "What a turn up for the books. Monty; dead. She couldn't deny that he'd been a pain in the arse sometimes, pompous and pedantic, but then, that was a byproduct of his job and she knew that he'd loved Sharon and their children.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, page 394",
          "text": "Well, this is a turn up for the books . . . After weeks of 'Tobias, I want you', 'Tobias, I need you' you just want to call it a day?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Alfie Robins, Just Whistle",
          "text": "It was still reasonably early when I'd been fed and watered so I headed back to the hotel and, low and behold, here was another turn up for the books. About fifty metres ahead of me was another of Jan's cronies.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of turn up for the book"
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  "word": "turn up for the books"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Lee Martin, The Lipstick Killers",
          "text": "What a turn up for the books. Monty; dead. She couldn't deny that he'd been a pain in the arse sometimes, pompous and pedantic, but then, that was a byproduct of his job and she knew that he'd loved Sharon and their children.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Hannah Richell, The Secrets of the Tides, page 394",
          "text": "Well, this is a turn up for the books . . . After weeks of 'Tobias, I want you', 'Tobias, I need you' you just want to call it a day?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Alfie Robins, Just Whistle",
          "text": "It was still reasonably early when I'd been fed and watered so I headed back to the hotel and, low and behold, here was another turn up for the books. About fifty metres ahead of me was another of Jan's cronies.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of turn up for the book"
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  "word": "turn up for the books"
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