turn in

1. (transitive, idiomatic) to submit something; to give

   He turned in his paperwork to the main office.

   The actors turned in a formulaic performance.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) to relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in)

   The thief finally turned himself in at the police station.

   My nosy next-door neighbor turned me in for building my garage without a permit.

3. (intransitive, idiomatic) to go to bed; retire to bed

   I'm tired, so I think I'll turn in early tonight.

   • 1851 November 13, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299 ↗:

     “Landlord,” said I, “tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him.

4. (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.

• (submit, give) hand in; See also Thesaurus:give
• (relinquish) capitulate, submit; See also Thesaurus:surrender
• (tell on someone to the authorities) inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
• (retire to bed) hit the sack, retire; See also Thesaurus:go to bed
• (convert a goal)

• German: einreichen, einschicken
• Portuguese: entregar
• Russian: сдава́ть
• Spanish: entregar

• French: dénoncer
• German: ausliefern
• Portuguese: entregar
• Russian: выдава́ть
• Spanish: entregar