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Definition of turn off phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

turn off phrasal verb jump to other results turn off | turn off something
  1. [no passive] to leave a road in order to travel on another
    • Is this where we turn off?
    • The jet began to turn off the main runway.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2

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turn off
  1. (informal) to stop listening to or thinking about somebody/something
    • I couldn't understand the lecture so I just turned off.
turn somebody off
  1. to make somebody feel bored or not interested
    • People had been turned off by both candidates in the election.
  2. to stop somebody feeling sexually attracted; to make somebody have a strong feeling of dislike related noun turn-off
turn something off  
  1. to stop the flow of electricity, gas, water, etc. by moving a switch, button, etc.
    • to turn off the light
    • They've turned off the water while they repair a burst pipe.
    • Please turn the television off before you go to bed.
    Topics Engineeringa2
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