turn in
See also: turnin'
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
turn in (third-person singular simple present turns in, present participle turning in, simple past and past participle turned in)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to submit something; to give
- He turned in his paperwork to the main office.
- The actors turned in a formulaic performance.
- (transitive, idiomatic) to relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in)
- The thief finally turned himself in at the police station.
- My nosy next-door neighbor turned me in for building my garage without a permit.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to go to bed; retire to bed
- I'm tired, so I think I'll turn in early tonight.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- 2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online[1]:
- At that point Leicester were playing with drive and ambition but they were undone by two goals in three minutes. First, Vieira turned in a rebound after the defender Souleymane Bamba had blocked David Silva's shot on the line.
Synonyms
- (submit, give): hand in; See also Thesaurus:give
- (relinquish): capitulate, submit; See also Thesaurus:surrender
- (tell on someone to the authorities): inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
- (retire to bed): hit the sack, retire; See also Thesaurus:go to bed
- (convert a goal):
Translations
submit something
to relinquish; to tell on someone to the authorities
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