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  • 121turn in — verb a) to submit something; to give He turned in his paperwork to the main office. b) to relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in) The thief finally turned hi …

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  • 122turn in — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deliver] Syn. hand over, transfer, give up; see give 1 . 2. [*To go to bed] Syn. lie down, retire, hit the hay*, hit the sack*; see rest 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To commit to the consideration or judgment… …

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  • 123turn in —    to betray to authority    Literally, to hand over to another, as a piece of work to a tutor:     ... fearing the other might reveal something or even connive to turn in the other. (Sanders, 1980) …

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  • 124turn in — 1) give to someone, hand to someone I turned in the wallet that I had found to the police. 2) inform on, report The department store turned in the shoplifter to the police. 3) go to bed We decided to turn in about 9:00 PM last night …

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  • 125turn in — 1) he turned in his brother to the police Syn: betray, inform on, denounce, sell out, stab someone in the back; blow the whistle on, rat on, squeal on, finger 2) we turned in the entrance forms just in time Syn: hand in/over/back, gi …

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  • 126turn over — 1) the crate fell off the back of the truck and turned over Syn: overturn, upturn, capsize, keel over, flip, turn turtle, be upended, tip 2) I turned over a few pages Syn: flip over, flick through, leaf through …

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  • 127turn signal — See right hand turn signal …

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  • 128turn someone in — BETRAY, inform on, denounce, sell out, stab someone in the back; informal split on, blow the whistle on, rat on, peach on, squeal on; Brit. informal grass on, shop; N. Amer. informal finger; Austral./NZ informal …

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