"turn-up for the books" meaning in English

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      "form": "turn-ups for the books",
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        "plural"
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        "1": "turn-ups for the books"
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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": "2010, Nick Kent, Apathy for the Devil, page 189",
          "text": "What a turn-up for the books: the prettiest boy in the seventies pop stratosphere had prematurely gone to fat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Nina Bawden, A Nice Change",
          "text": "What a turn-up for the books, Portia thinks, what a lark!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Scarlett Bailey, Just for Christmas, page 8",
          "text": "'Well now, that's a turn-up, Eddie Godolphin said, settling himself back into the only comfortable chair in the minuscule room. He picked up the plate of scones and stuffed one whole into his mouth. “That's a real turn-up for the books.' Or at least that was what Alex thought he said; it was hard to tell through the crumbs, cream and jam.",
          "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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    {
      "form": "turn-ups for the books",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "turn-ups for the books"
      },
      "expansion": "turn-up for the books (plural turn-ups for the books)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "turn up for the book"
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Nick Kent, Apathy for the Devil, page 189",
          "text": "What a turn-up for the books: the prettiest boy in the seventies pop stratosphere had prematurely gone to fat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Nina Bawden, A Nice Change",
          "text": "What a turn-up for the books, Portia thinks, what a lark!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Scarlett Bailey, Just for Christmas, page 8",
          "text": "'Well now, that's a turn-up, Eddie Godolphin said, settling himself back into the only comfortable chair in the minuscule room. He picked up the plate of scones and stuffed one whole into his mouth. “That's a real turn-up for the books.' Or at least that was what Alex thought he said; it was hard to tell through the crumbs, cream and jam.",
          "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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