turn in

1. 1.

   make an entrance by turning from a road

   “Turn in after you see the gate”

   Broaderenter
2. 2.

   to surrender someone or something to another

   “the guard delivered the criminal to the police”

   “render up the prisoners”

   “render the town to the enemy”

   “fork over the money”

   Synonymshand overfork overfork outfork updeliverrender

   Broaderpass

   Narrowerbailgive away
3. 3.

   carry out (performances)

   “They turned in a splendid effort”

   “They turned in top jobs for the second straight game”

   Synonymsput on

   Broadermake
4. 4.

   prepare for sleep

   “I usually turn in at midnight”

   “He goes to bed at the crack of dawn”

   Synonymsgo to bedbedcrawl inkip downhit the hayhit the sacksack outgo to sleepretire

   Antonymsturn out

   Narrowerbed down

Questions about turn in

What does turn in mean?

turn in means "make an entrance by turning from a road". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for turn in?

Close synonyms include hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, deliver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of turn in?

The recorded antonyms are turn out.

Is turn in a common word?

turn in is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.