TURN IN


Meaning of TURN IN in English

1.

When you ~, you go to bed. (INFORMAL)

Would you like some tea before you ~?

PHRASAL VERB: V P

2.

If you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime. If you turn yourself in, you go to the police because you have been involved in a crime.

He has been given until noon today to turn himself in to authorities...

There would be strong incentives to turn someone in...

I might today hesitate to ~ a burglar.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P to n, V n P, V P n (not pron), also V P n (not pron) to n

3.

When you ~ a completed piece of work, especially written work, you give it to the person who asked you to do it.

Now we wait for them to ~ their essays...

I want everybody to turn a report in.

= hand in

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

4.

If you turn something in, you return it to the place or person you borrowed it from. (mainly AM)

I went back to the station-house to ~ my badge and gun...

= return

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

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