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iagomxx

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What sentence is correct?
The meaning of these phrases are surrender or ask the police for help?

He turned himself to the police.
He turned himself in to the police.
 

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#2 (if you had helpfully numbered them) is correct.

He surrendered to the police.
 

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What Which sentence is correct?
The meaning of these phrases are Do they mean "surrender" or "ask the police for help"?

1. He turned himself to the police. ❌
2. He turned himself in to the police. ✅
Note my corrections above.
1 means nothing.
2 means he surrendered to the police, usually by actually going to a police station.

"He turned to the police for help" would have meant "He asked the police for help".
 
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