Hug me when turning up with couple (7)
I believe the answer is:
embrace
'hug me' is the definition.
'embrace' can be an answer for 'hug' (to embrace someone is to hug them). I am unsure of the 'me' bit.
'turning up with couple' is the wordplay.
'turning up' becomes 'em' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'couple' becomes 'brace' (brace can mean a pair of something).
'em'+'brace'='EMBRACE'
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for embrace that I've seen before include "squeeze" , "Hug; adopt" , "Enfold in arms, hug" , "Hug or accept eagerly" , "Loving hug" .)