turn off
Verb
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Verb
turn off
- (transitive) To power down, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
- (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
- Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water.
- (transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage.
- Cigarette smoking really turns me off.
- (intransitive) To leave a road; to exit.
- Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch.
- (put out of operation) shut off, switch off, cut off, cut, deactivate, disable
- (interrupt flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve) shut off
- French: éteindre
- German: ausschalten, abschalten (switch off device, appliance or light); abstellen (device or appliance); ausmachen (light)
- Italian: spegnere
- Portuguese: desligar
- Russian: выключа́ть
- Spanish: apagar
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