to turn in
291
3.3
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrn ɪn/
:
entregar
- After finishing her assignment, she decided to turn in her paper to the teacher on Friday.
- turn in assignments
- turn in homework
- turn in work
It looked like, you know, a can collector might turn her in for a couple bucks.
- It looked like, you know, a can collector might turn her in for a couple bucks.
- But so when I turn the script in, there was no studio, there were no executives.
- The money has to come to our federation and you turn receipts in for your cost of living.
- Sometimes more stuff comes, so I write that stuff down and then sometimes they turn in the full on scripts.
- But so when I turned the script in, there was no studio, there were no executives.
- She turned me in and I was arrested for it.
- Do the right thing and turn yourself in right now.
- You had this culture where everyone was very much encouraged to turn people in.
- Instead, they go after those people who haven't yet voted early or who have not yet turned in their ballot.
- I like show up on time, I'm driven, I'm motivated of all my books say, oh, they get turned in a week or two early.
- I turned in, I turned in the the final corrected copy of my book yesterday.
- In Australia, they had their own Columbine and it didn't take long for them to pass legislation to have people turn in their own guns.
- But when he turns it in, he checks out.
Examples
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Students completed the quiz, turned it in, and then the teachers read the correct answers.
Academic text (1997) -
Names appeared only on the consent forms, which participants turned in to the researchers before completing the questionnaires.
Academic text (2002) -
So can either turn it in to class on Monday or just put it in the box.
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And so it's actually not until I turn it in that I can get to the next stage of the process.
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Do I keep it, or do I need to turn it in to someone?
Academic text (2015) -
The police officers simply turned in the list of youngsters' names at the end of the shift.
Academic text (2000) -
At the end of the course, students turned in a final written business plan (20%).
Academic text (2017) -
When the groups had completed their answers, they turned in their worksheets and discussed the answers.
Academic text (1999) -
On the contrary, you will be expected to turn in an agreed-upon amount of creative writing at regular intervals.
Academic text (2011) -
Informants reported that Evan was easily distracted and did not consistently turn in his work.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
722
4.4
To stop fighting and give control or things to someone else, often when forced
363
2.3
To hand a job or control you have to someone else
296
2.8
Give something to someone because you have to
248
3.2
Give a person or thing to someone else to look after
187
4.1
To accept another person's control, often against your wishes
81
4.3
To stop resisting under pressure or force
69
7.2
To give up control, a right, or something you own
23
8.4
To stop fighting back and accept defeat or demands
1
7.4
Give something to another person because you are forced to do so
Antonyms
How Compliant
Surface Forms
Morphology
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 meaning to hand someone or something to the police may come from taking the item or person to the station and giving them 'in' to the officers, as if turning them toward the authorities. So, it means 'to give or report someone to the police'.