Definition of “turn in something/someone” - English Dictionary

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turn in something/someone

phrasal verb with turn us /tɜrn/ verb

(GIVE)

to give or return something or someone to an authority:

Don't forget to turn in your papers after class.
He learned that the police were looking for him and turned himself in (= made himself available to them).

(Definition of “turn in something/someone” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)