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.