turn off

verb

1. to leave (a road, pathway, etc)

2. (of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc)

3. (tr, adverb) to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc

   to turn off the radio

4. informal,  (tr) to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something)

   this music turns me off

5. informal,  (tr, adverb) to dismiss from employment

noun

1. a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare

2. informal,  a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste

Idioms and Phrases

Stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off, as in Turn off the lights when you leave . [Mid-1800s]

Affect with dislike, revulsion, or boredom; cause to lose interest. For example, That vulgar comedian turned us off completely , or The movie was all right for an hour or so, but then I was turned off . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

To stop sharing your chats as training data, go to Data controls under the Settings menu and turn off Improve the model for everyone.

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Instead, I paused for a second and turned off my heart-rate monitor.

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“I remember getting into bed, and as soon as I turned off the light the phone rang,” the Academy Award winner said.

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But for Harbour, the album is presumably nothing short of a public relations nightmare, and not just the kind where a celebrity has to turn off their Instagram comments.

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Olivia first turned the heating on in mid-October, with the thermostat set to 18C "so when it warms up to that it turns off".

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Related Words

• alienate 
• bore 
• irritate 
• offend