# turn off

Pronunciation: US say "turn-AWF" /ˌtɝn ˈɔf/; UK say "turn-OF" /ˌtɜːn ˈɒf/; AUS

## Phrasal verb

1. To switch off a device, light, or mechanism, or to disable a feature, so that it stops operating.
   - Simple: To stop something like a light, machine, or setting from working.
   - _You can turn off location tracking in the app's settings._
   - _The pilot turned off the engines once the plane reached the gate._
2. To make someone feel repelled or disgusted, or to discourage them from something.
   - Simple: To make someone not like something or not want to do it.
   - _Constant delays and dirty trains are turning off commuters who used to love the line._
   - _The candidate's angry tone may turn off voters who were leaning his way._
4. Of a machine or device, to shut down or stop operating.
   - Simple: Of a machine, to stop working and go off.
   - _Most printers turn off automatically after an hour of sitting idle._
   - _My laptop turned off without warning in the middle of the presentation._
5. To leave the road one is traveling on, taking a side road or an exit.
   - Simple: To leave a road and go onto another one.
   - _Drivers heading to the stadium should turn off at Exit 12._
   - _Just past the lake, we turned off onto a narrow gravel road._
6. To turn a tap or valve so that the flow of liquid or gas stops.
   - Simple: To turn the handle of a faucet or pipe so that water or gas stops coming out.
   - _Always turn off the gas at the stove before you leave the house._
   - _The plumber turned off the main valve before replacing the pipe._

## Noun · turn-off

Pronunciation: US say "TURN-awf" /ˈtɝn ˌɔf/; UK say "TURN-of" /ˈtɜːn ˌɒf/

3. Something that repels, disgusts, or discourages someone, especially by making them lose sexual interest.
   - Simple: Something that makes you lose interest or feel disgusted, especially in love or sex.
   - _For many renters, a tiny kitchen is an instant turn-off._
   - _She said arrogance was her biggest turn-off in a partner._
7. A road where drivers leave a main road, such as an exit from a highway.
   - Simple: A place where you leave a bigger road, like a highway exit.
   - _The turn-off for the campground is easy to miss in the dark._
   - _There are three turn-offs into town; take the one by the water tower._

## Phrasal verb

8. To turn out or produce something. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To make things, often in large numbers.
   - _With the new lathe, one worker could turn off two hundred chair legs in a shift._
   - _The factory turned off more boots that winter than in the whole year before._
9. To dismiss someone from employment; to fire. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make someone leave their job.
   - _The mill owner turned off a dozen workers when the orders dried up._
   - _She threatened to turn off any maid who gossiped about the household._
10. To execute someone by hanging. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To kill someone by hanging.
   - _The condemned man was turned off before a jeering crowd in the market square._
   - _The townspeople gathered at dawn to see the executioner turn off the forger._

## Origin

A noun formed from the verb turn off.

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