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#2 (permalink) Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:56 am Turn it in |
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This means stop working/stop doing something often because you have had enough or you're too old to carry on. _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:58 am So |
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| In this case you mean: stop waiting, or retire from work? |
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Rich7 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:27 am Turn it in |
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Both, that is stop waiting because waiting was her job and so she would also retire. _________________ English as a Foreign Language You can read my EFL story Progressive Forms |
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Alan Co-founder

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#5 (permalink) Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:31 am I got it now |
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I had confused it with the verb await, but you mean being a waiter.
THese last tests have almost got me. :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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Rich7 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Thu Jul 10, 2008 21:05 pm What does this phrase mean: 'turn it in'? Is it an idiom? |
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hi ' who should have turned it in years ago and by rights have been a guest herself' please explain it in simple words jyo |
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Mudium I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Thu Jul 10, 2008 22:07 pm What does this phrase mean: 'turn it in'? Is it an idiom? |
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I'm totally in the dark here, too.
Alan, are you saying that 'turn it in' is an idiom used in British English meaning 'to retire' (or 'stop doing')? Is the expression always/only used with the word 'it'? Is this a frequently used expression in the UK? . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Fri Jul 11, 2008 0:14 am What does this phrase mean: 'turn it in'? Is it an idiom? |
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I don't know "turn it in", for "to retire"; only for "to hand over". "Pack it in" or "chuck it in" would work.
This part doesn't seem quite right:
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"...because of the great age".
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"...because of her great age"?
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#9 (permalink) Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:07 am What does this phrase mean: 'turn it in'? Is it an idiom? |
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Thanks for the input, MrP.
Yes, 'packed it in' is used on this side of the pond too, and it would also fit the context in the test sentence.
The expression 'chuck it in' would usually pretty literally mean 'throw something in (to something) -- in my neck of the woods. . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#10 (permalink) Tue Jan 05, 2010 14:30 pm What does this phrase mean: 'turn it in'? Is it an idiom? |
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What does 'in my neck of the woods' mean?
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