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turning in
| Main Entry: |
turn in
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to bed |
| Synonyms: | bed, catch some z's, flop, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, lie down, nap, pile in, rest, retire, roll in |
| Antonyms: | awaken, get up, wake |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
| Synonyms: | blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, go to bed, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be upright, stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | retire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place or responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | begin, enter, join |
| Main Entry: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tattle on someone |
| Synonyms: | betray, blow the whistle, fink, inform, peach, rat, snitch, spill the beans, talk, turn in |
| Antonyms: | conceal |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bed down, bunk, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off, drowse, fall asleep, fall out, flop, hibernate, hit the hay, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in, yawn, zonk out, zzz |
| Antonyms: | wake, waken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform |
| Synonyms: | betray, blab, confess, give away, leak, rat on, squeal, tattle, tell, tell on, tip, turn in |
| Main Entry: | stab in the back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack unsuspecting person |
| Synonyms: | abandon, backstab, be disloyal, be unfaithful, betray, break promise, commit treason, cross, deceive, double-cross, doublecross, finger*, go back on, inform on, play Judas, sell down the river, sell down the river, sell out, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn traitor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hit the hay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to bed |
| Synonyms: | crash, go to sleep, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in |
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