turn in

British  

verb

1. (intr) to go to bed for the night

2. (tr) to hand in; deliver

   to turn in an essay

3. (tr) to deliver (someone accused of a crime) into police custody

4. to give up or conclude (something)

   we turned in the game when it began to rain

5. (tr) to record (a score, etc)

6. to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems

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turn in Idioms  

1. Hand in, give over, as in I turned in my exam and left the room . [c. 1300]

2. Surrender or inform on, especially to the police, as in The shoplifter turned herself in . [1920s]

3. Produce, as in He turned in a consistent performance every day . [Mid-1900s]

4. Go to bed, as in I turned in early last night . [ Colloquial ; late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

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turn in

He emphasizes the point by revealing that he gave another driver a thumbs-up after being given permission to turn in a busy intersection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

For example, how they enter the corner, when they turn in, how they turn in, how they operate the throttle and brakes on corner entry and so on.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

If so, the turn in optics would arrive before the news that would explain it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

It looked as though the vendor had raided a secret convention of 1990s elementary-school teachers and persuaded them to turn in their uniforms.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Whenever I forget to take the chicken out of the freezer, she lectures me—and then proceeds to prosecute me for forgetting to turn in my language arts essay.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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