turn in
- Verb (Phrasal Verb):
- To go to bed: To go to one's bed in order to sleep.
- To submit or deliver: To give something to a person in authority or to whom it is owed.
- To produce or achieve: To produce a particular performance, result, or score.
- To direct inward: To make a turn from a road or path to enter a place.
Verb (To go to bed):
- I'm exhausted; I'm going to turn in early tonight.
- He usually turns in around 10 p.m.
Verb (To submit or deliver):
- Please turn in your homework by Friday.
- The suspect turned himself in to the police.
Verb (To produce or achieve):
- The team turned in a flawless performance.
- She turned in the highest sales figures this quarter.
Verb (To direct inward):
- Turn in at the next driveway.
- You'll see the hotel; just turn in at the main entrance.
"to turn in one's grave": Used to say a dead person would be very angry or upset if they knew about something happening now.
- The author would be turning in his grave if he saw the film adaptation of his book.
"to turn in a profit": To earn or yield a profit.
- The new product line is expected to turn in a healthy profit next year.
Turn-in (noun): The act of turning something in or the point where one turns off a road.
- The homework turn-in is at the front desk.
- Watch for the turn-in to the parking lot.
Turnover (noun): The amount of business done in a given time; or the rate at which employees leave a workforce.
- The company has a high annual turnover.
- Go to bed, retire: For the sleep meaning.
- Submit, hand in, deliver: For the submission meaning.
- Produce, achieve, accomplish: For the performance meaning.
- Fork over, hand over: For the surrender meaning (informal).
Turn into: To become something different.
- The argument turned into a full-blown fight.
Turn over: To give something to someone in authority; or to rotate.
- They turned over the evidence to the FBI.
Turn up: To arrive or appear; or to increase volume/intensity.
- He finally turned up an hour late.
Turn in one's badge/gun: To resign from a job, especially in law enforcement.
- After the scandal, the officer was forced to turn in his badge.
Turn the other cheek: To choose not to retaliate when wronged.
- Instead of arguing, he decided to turn the other cheek.
- prepare for sleep
- I usually turn in at midnight
- He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
- carry out (performances)
- They turned in a splendid effort
- They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
- to surrender someone or something to another
- the guard delivered the criminal to the police
- render up the prisoners
- render the town to the enemy
- fork over the money
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- Turn in after you see the gate