turn off

turn off

 

turn off

(to make something stop operating or flowing by moving a switch, button, etc.)

  • Don’t forget to turn off the gas before you go out.
  • Turn off the water while brushing your teeth.
  • Let’s turn off the lights so as not to waste electricity.

(to leave the road you are travelling for another way)

  • I think you turned off onto the wrong road.
  • We turned off the main road and headed north for the sea.

informal (to make someone lose interest in something)

  • The rust stains on the ceiling will turn every buyer off.

informal (to cause someone to feel bored, or sexually repelled)

  • Her heavy make-up turned him off.

 

 

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