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Turn it up

A phrase that today usually means 'turn the volume up' but in the 1950s it meant the same as 'give it up' 'stop' 'quit'.

Tony Hancock in The Foreign Legion (1958-04-15) "Dear big head. I hate you, everyone down our street hates you, why don't you turn it up?"

by Shtumpf November 7, 2012