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turn off
verb
1. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch (Freq. 8)
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Turn off the stereo, please

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cut the engine

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turn out the lights

• Syn: ↑switch off, ↑cut, ↑turn out
• Ant: ↑switch on (for: ↑switch off)
• Hypernyms: ↑throw, ↑flip, ↑switch
• Hyponyms: ↑kill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. make a turn (Freq. 1)
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turn off at the parking area

• Derivationally related forms: ↑turnoff
• Hypernyms: ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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Somebody ——s PP

3. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑put off
• Derivationally related forms: ↑turnoff
• Hypernyms: ↑repel, ↑repulse
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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The performance is likely to turn off Sue


Useful english dictionary. 2012.