turn off
phrasal verbturn off | turn off something
- [no passive] to leave a road in order to travel on another
- Is this where we turn off?
- The jet began to turn off the main runway.
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turn off
- (informal) to stop listening to or thinking about somebody/something
- I couldn't understand the lecture so I just turned off.
turn somebody off
- to make somebody feel bored or not interested
- People had been turned off by both candidates in the election.
- to stop somebody feeling sexually attracted; to make somebody have a strong feeling of dislike related noun turn-off
turn something off
- to stop the flow of electricity, gas, water, etc. by moving a switch, button, etc.
- to turn off the light
- They've turned off the water while they repair a burst pipe.
- Please turn the television off before you go to bed.