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- Dictionaryturn-off/ˈtəːnɒf/
noun
- 1. a junction at which a road branches off from a main road: "Adam missed the turn-off to the village"
- 2. a person or thing that causes someone to feel bored, disgusted, or sexually repelled: informal "he smelled of carbolic soap, a dreadful turn-off"
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TURN OFF (SOMETHING) definition: 1. to leave the road you are travelling on and travel along another one: 2. to stop someone…. Learn more.
a place where one turns off; especially : exit; one that causes loss of interest or enthusiasm; a turning off… See the full definition
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. (transitive) informal. to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something)
To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening: turn the key; turn a screw. 2. To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement: turned the iron to a hotter setting. 3.
TURNOFF definition: 1. a short road that leads from a large road onto a smaller one: 2. speech, behavior, or some…. Learn more.
Turn off definition: a small road that branches off from a larger one, especially a ramp or exit leading off a major highway. See examples of TURN OFF used in a sentence.
Definitions of turn off. verb. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch. “ Turn off the stereo, please”. synonyms: cut, switch off, turn out. see more. verb. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. synonyms: put off.
noun. 1. a small road that branches off from a larger one, esp. a ramp or exit leading off a major highway. He took the wrong turnoff and it took him some 15 minutes to get back on the turnpike. 2. a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course. 3. an act of turning off. 4.
(informal) to stop listening to or thinking about somebody/something. I couldn't understand the lecture so I just turned off. turn somebody off. to make somebody feel bored or not interested. People had been turned off by both candidates in the election.
• There is no doubt that the ventilator may be turned off when in fact, the patient is already dead. turn off (something) • Pulling up to a stop sign, she touches the clutch and the engine turns off.
