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to turn in

to turn in

7 3.1
To move off a road into a driveway or side road
  • phrasal verb
  • /tɜrn ɪn/
translation icon : entrar en
  • The driver decided to turn in at the nearest gas station for fuel.
  • turn in the driveway
  • turn in here
  • turn in there

Examples

  • Make sure to turn in when you see the entrance to the parking lot.

  • But this morning, I decided to turn in the other direction to see what was happening there.

    Blog text (10)

  • "Turn in here; drive around back.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Let's turn in there and have a goodbye toast.

    Letters to Juliet (2010)

  • What about all the cars that turn in front of other cars or even the trucks at that intersection?

    Blog text (23)

  • Arriving at the crossroads, she turned in the direction of the rest house where she had originally proposed to spend the night.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • He stopped at Murray's Hardware for a minute, then he moved on and turned in at the YMCA.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We need to turn in at the next intersection to reach our destination.

Synonyms

to drive in
vsto turn in
30 2.5

To arrive at a place by car

focuses on leaving a road to go onto another road or into a driveway
to turn off
vsto turn in
30 1.8

To leave a road and go onto another road

also covers leaving into driveways or entrances, not only other roads

Antonyms

to stay on
111 3.4

To remain in a place or job after others leave

How Sharp

to veer
63 4.2
turnaround
8 4.4
to turn in
7 3.1

Surface Forms

turn in infinitive
turned in past
turned in past participle
turning in present participle
turns in third person singular

Morphology

turn + in

The particle 'in' conveys direction toward an interior or authority and 'turn' can imply handing or changing orientation, so there is a loose directional/transfer relation to 'submit'. However, the specific sense 'to hand/submit something to someone' is an extended, somewhat idiomatic usage and multiple other senses of 'turn in' (e.g. 'go to bed', 'inform on') make the meaning unpredictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure.

Etymology

Turn in for leaving a road likely comes from the picture of steering a vehicle and turning into a driveway or entrance; you are literally turning off the road and going 'in' to a place. That's why it means 'to leave a road and enter somewhere'.