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View synonyms for turn off

turn off

verb

  1. to leave (a road, pathway, etc)
  2. (of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc)
  3. tr, adverb to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc

    to turn off the radio

  4. informal.
    tr to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something)

    this music turns me off

  5. informal.
    tr, adverb to dismiss from employment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare
  2. informal.
    a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

He did turn, the next time a lightning flash showed him a turn-off beside a rural free delivery mailbox.

"I don't think there are any car tracks at the turn-off where we came in," said Lockley in a level voice.

There's another camp, not so far, but it has a 'blind turn-off'—you'd never find it if you didn't know just exactly where to look.

A short distance beyond the Pohono Trail turn-off, our trail branches to the right and enters the fir and pine forest.

Fraser, his daughter and their two guests were on the road to Kaburie, and within a few miles of the turn-off to Boorala.

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