turn in

turn in
1) PHRASAL VERB When you turn in, you go to bed. [INFORMAL]

[V P] Would you like some tea before you turn in?

2) PHRASAL VERB 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.

[V n P to n] He has been given until noon today to turn himself in to authorities...

[V n P] There would be strong incentives to turn someone in...

[V n P] He seems to be making all the arrangements necessary so that he can continue trafficking in drugs when he turns himself in...

[V P n (not pron)] I might today hesitate to turn in a burglar. [Also V P n (not pron) to n]

3) PHRASAL VERB When you turn in a completed piece of work, especially written work, you give it to the person who asked you to do it.

[V P n (not pron)] Now we wait for them to turn in their contracts...

[V n P] I want everybody to turn a report in on Zanzibar.

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4) PHRASAL VERB If you turn something in, you return it to the place or person you borrowed it from. [mainly AM]

[V P n (not pron)] I went back to the station-house to turn in my badge and gun...

[V P n (not pron)] The official showed up to tell her to turn in her library books. [Also V n P]

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