Green’s Dictionary of Slang

stop doing that!, don’t exaggerate!

1888		‘’Arry on St. Swithin’ Punch 4 Aug. 49/1: Lawn tennis? Oh, turn it up — turn it up!
1895		Albert Chevalier ‘Our ’Armonic Club’ 🎵 They shout ‘Set down, turn it up my rorty pal.’.
1910		L. Esson Woman Tamer in Ballades of Old Bohemia (1980) 63: You put me all in a haze. I didn’t want to hurt you. ’Struth, turn it up.
1918		Aussie (France) VIII Oct. 8/1: ‘You should hear her sing [...].’ / ‘Turn it in!’ yawned Alec. ‘What about that Bondi Tart?’.
1929		K.S. Prichard Coonardoo 244: Turn it up! Bob! Six horse tailers? [...] Sure you weren’t seeing double?
1933		A.E. Strong in Partridge Sl. Today and Yesterday 287: Hey, turn it up and stop all those gloomy forecasts.
1943		R. Llewellyn None But the Lonely Heart 221: ‘Here, hold up,’ He says, ‘Turn it in, me old china.’.
1949		L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 101: Turn it up, ‘Ginger’, [...] That’s Wardle, the jockey.
1958		(con. 1940s) B. Behan Borstal Boy 161: Turn it —ing up, can’t you?
1959		G. Slatter Gun in My Hand 165: Turn it up, Tom.
1963		K. Waterhouse Jubb (1966) 20: Oh, God blimey mate, turn it up!
1968		S. Gore Holy Smoke 13: ‘Ar, turn it up!’ says David.
1971		F.J. Hardy Outcasts of Foolgarah (1975) 83: Hey, turn it up, mate.
1984		‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 62: Ah, come on, Scar, turn it up.
1986		C. Bowles G’DAY 95: Turn it up. I dint come down inner larse share. Yer all busted.
1992		R.G. Barrett Davo’s Little Something 58: Ohh turn it up Jimmy.
1999		G. Seal Lingo 198: To turn it up! means please stop saying or doing that or else.
2007		N. ‘Razor’ Smith Raiders 69: Turn it in, Ronnie [...] That’s not funny.