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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"

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"Turn in" Quotes from Famous Books

... declare such a movement forced and unnatural. The whole course of history reveals men leaving their homes under pressure of one cause or another, and striking out into new fields. The western course of migration has reached its uttermost limit, and the tide must turn in other directions. One vast and rich continent remains; upon it the eyes of the world are fixed. Already the aggressive Aryan has established himself wherever he can gain a foothold; but the greater part of the country is forever barred ...

— History of Liberia - Johns Hopkins University Studies In Historical And Political Science • J.H.T. McPherson

... who was getting bored, "very interesting, I'm sure. I think I'll turn in now. Good-night." And a few minutes later he was safely ensconced under the bar and in the land of dreams, where Miss Matilda and a ...

— His Lordship's Leopard - A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts • David Dwight Wells

... isn't very hot," she presently pronounced. "Put some more wood in, Bubbles. Oh, what is the matter, Florence?" as an exclamation made her turn in her cousin's direction. ...

— A Sweet Little Maid • Amy E. Blanchard

... their way around the turn in the road toward the car where Mrs. Ford and the girls were waiting for them, she explained the situation, adding with another smile: "You see, I had to stop you some way, so I chose the very first ...

— The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point - Or a Wreck and a Rescue • Laura Lee Hope

... Simultaneously Eleanor and Carol turn in their saddles, looking sharply at the dog, and then to the thick growth towards which he is stealing, his tail between his legs ...

— When the Birds Begin to Sing • Winifred Graham

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