shut off

shut off
1) PHRASAL VERB If you shut off something such as an engine or an electrical item, you turn it off to stop it working.

[V P n (not pron)] They pulled over and shut off the engine...

[V n P] Will somebody for God's sake shut that alarm off.

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2) PHRASAL VERB If you shut yourself off, you avoid seeing other people, usually because you are feeling depressed.

[V pron-refl P] Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off...

[V pron-refl P from n] She shut herself off from all the social aspects of life.

3) PHRASAL VERB If an official organization shuts off the supply of something, they no longer send it to the people they supplied in the past.

[V P n (not pron)] The State Water Project has shut off all supplies to farmers.


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