phrasal verb · neutral
turn in
UK/tɜːn ɪn/US/tɜrn ɪn/TURN·IN
to hand something to someone in authority (submit); to surrender oneself to the police; informal: to go to bed
Examples
“Please turn in your assignment by Friday.”
“The suspect turned himself in to the police.”
“I usually turn in around 11 pm.”
Band 8 sentence
“All students are required to turn in their dissertations by the submission deadline or risk a penalty.”
Collocations
- turn in an assignment
- turn oneself in to the police
- turn in for the night
Word family
Common mistakes
She turned in to the police.→She turned herself in to the police.
I will turn in the challenge.→I will give in to the challenge / I will accept the challenge.
Say it for a higher band
5submit→6hand in→7+turn in
Synonyms
submit
Easily confused
hand in
“Students must hand in their essays by Monday.”
give in
“After hours of negotiation, they finally gave in to the demands.”
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