turn off (sth)
— phrasal verb with turn uk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/verb
to leave the road you are travelling on and travel along another one:
Turn off the motorway at the next exit.
More examples
- We turned off the track and headed across the fields.
- You need to turn off left just before you get to the village.
- We turned off the main road.
- Turn off when you get to the church.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing direction
- about-turn
- bear
- branch off
- branch off sth
- decoy
- deflect
- deflection
- diversion
- divert
- glance
- glance off (sth)
- head
- head sb/sth off
- oscillate
- peaked
- sheer
- turn
- U-turn
- veer
- yo-yo
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