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turn off
verb
- to leave (a road, pathway, etc)
- (of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc)
- tr, adverb to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc
to turn off the radio
- informal.tr to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something)
this music turns me off
- informal.tr, adverb to dismiss from employment
noun
- a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare
- informal.a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste
Example Sentences
the app offered, however, was escapist materials built around turning off reflection, instead of encouraging it.
She asks her client to turn on “self-view” and turn off Violet’s window so that the only person her patient can see on the screen is herself.
Tata Steel at Port Talbot in Wales was once the UK's largest virgin steel producer but it turned off its blast furnace in September 2024, saying it was losing £1.7m a day.
It is very difficult and very expensive to get blast furnaces running again once they have been turned off, which would make the Scunthorpe site's existing vulnerability even more perilous.
The system involves putting younger teens on the platforms into more restricted settings by default, with parental permission required in order to live stream or turn off image protections for messages.
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