Lexic.us

Definition of Turn off

1. Verb. Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch. "Turn out the lights"

2. Verb. Make a turn. "Turn off at the parking area"

3. Verb. Cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. "The performance is likely to turn off Sue"

Definition of Turn off

1. Verb. (transitive) To power down; to stop a device by switching it off. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To leave a road; to exit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn Off

turn down ratio turn flukes turn heads turn in turn in one's grave turn indicator turn inside-out turn into turn into a pumpkin turn loose

turn of events turn of logs turn of phrase turn of the century turn of the year turn off (current term) turn on a dime turn on its head turn on one's heel turn one's back

turn one's nose up turn one's stomach turn out turn over turn over a new leaf turn round turn signal turn someone's crank

Literary usage of Turn off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1836)
"The above bodies of troops vf ere to proceed by the great road leading to Corunna, till they reached Lugo, and were there to turn off to their left to ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... and, rushing furiously into their blinding streams, attempt to capture them like batteries, and turn off the water with their own hands. ..."

3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"... and, rushing furiously into their blinding streams, attempt to capture them like batteries, and turn off the water with their own hands. ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... and, rushing furiously into their blinding streams, attempt to capture them like batteries, and turn off the water with their own hands. ..."

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