switch-off

[ swich-awf, -of ]

/ ˈswɪtʃˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

the act or process of switching off a power supply, light source, appliance, etc.

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Origin of switch-off

Noun use of verb phrase switch off

Words nearby switch-off

switch grass, switch-hit, switch-hitter, switching site, switchman, switch-off, switch-on, switchover, switch plate, switch plug, switch selling

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How to use switch-off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He lifted his head, looked around him, and was just going to switch off the light, when he noticed the open book on his table.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Even as he spoke, Gray had found the switch, and the apartment of Kazmah became flooded with subdued light.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
She had forgotten to tell her mother of that fact—the safety of the closed receiving switch.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Delancy's hand shot out to the radio switch, cutting off the voice of the announcer.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

British Dictionary definitions for switch-off

switch off

verb (adverb)

to cause (a device) to stop operating by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn off

informal to cease to interest or be interested; make or become bored, alienated, etc

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with switch-off

switch off

Stop paying attention, lose interest, as in Whenever he starts in on economics, I switch off automatically. This metaphoric expression transfers turning off a light switch or similar device to diverting one's attention. [c. 1860] Also see switch on.