turn off

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	turn off
he/she/it	turns off
present participle	turning off
past tense	turned off
past participle	turned off

1
transitive to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button or by moving a switch
Will you turn the television off, please?
Harry turned off the engine and wound down the window.
It is now safe to turn off your computer.
Synonyms and related words
To make a machine or piece of machinery stop working
break
brick
cannibalize
1. 1a
  to stop using a supply of water, gas, or electricity by turning a faucet, pressing a button, or moving a switch
  The emergency crew has turned off local power and gas supplies.
  Go and turn the faucet off before the bathtub overflows.
  Synonyms and related words
  To make a machine or piece of machinery stop working
  break
  brick
  cannibalize
2
intransitive/transitive (turn off something) to leave the road that you are traveling along in order to go along another one that leads away from it
Turn off the road onto a dirt driveway.
turn off at:
Drive east along I-95, turn off at exit 35 and continue on route 146 to get to the center of Branford.
Synonyms and related words
To drive, or to operate a vehicle
back up
block in
box in
3
transitive (turn someone off) to stop someone from feeling sexually attracted or sexually excited
His bad breath really turns me off!
Synonyms and related words
Feeling sexual excitement or desire
on the pull
arouse
desire
4
transitive to make someone feel bored or no longer interested in something
This sort of talk could turn a lot of voters off.
Synonyms and related words
To make someone bored or unenthusiastic
bore
pall
turn off
1. 4a
  intransitive mainly Britishinformalto tune out
  Synonyms and related words
  To ignore something, or to not pay attention
  ignore
  put aside
  write off