- turn off
- 1) PHRASAL VERB If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it.
[V P n (not pron)] The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm...
[V P] He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit.
2) PHRASAL VERB When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water being produced by adjusting the controls.[V n P] The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off...
[V P n (not pron)] I have to get up and turn off the radio...
[V P n (not pron)] Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.
Syn:Ant:3) PHRASAL VERB If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it.→ See also turn-off[V n P n] What turns teenagers off science and technology?...
[V n P] Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off. [Also V P n (not pron)]
4) PHRASAL VERB If something or someone turns you off, you do not find them sexually attractive or they stop you feeling sexually excited. [INFORMAL]→ See also turn-offAnt:
English dictionary. 2008.