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Turn in

verb

Make an entrance by turning from a road.

To surrender someone or something to another. Synonyms: deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render. "Render up the prisoners" , "Render the town to the enemy" , "Fork over the money"

Carry out (performances). Synonym: put on. "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"

Prepare for sleep. Synonyms: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" Antonyms: get up, turn out.

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"Turn in" Quotes from Famous Books

... is easily discomposed by an unexpected turn in the conversation, looked confused, but said, presently, "Why, you will dine with the Midases and ...

— From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 • George William Curtis

... of it, wife,' he said. 'Martha'll help you, and I daresay Peter and Flossy will take a turn in ...

— Dickory Dock • L. T. Meade

... Provision had, therefore, to be made for the requisite means of transport. As many of the more wealthy new members paid for passages in ships belonging to foreign companies, instead of waiting to take their turn in our own ships, the most urgent part of the work was that of increasing the means of transport from Mombasa. A thousand new waggons were therefore purchased as speedily as possible, together with the requisite number of draught-cattle; ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

... the two candles, Christopher sprang after her like a hound after a hare, and presently the pair of them passed through the door and down the long passage beyond. At a turn in it they halted, and once more, without word spoken, she found her way into ...

— The Lady Of Blossholme • H. Rider Haggard

... stored at hand, must be used by those who threaded it. One man could have held the place against a hundred—until he was killed. Still, it was guarded, not only at the mouth where the warrior had appeared, but further along at every turn in the jagged chasm, ...

— She and Allan • H. Rider Haggard

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