VERB
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cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
turn out the lights
Turn off the stereo, please
cut the engine - cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
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make a turn
turn off at the parking area
How To Use turn off In A Sentence
- Turn off the heat add linguine and toss well garnish with parsley. Serve.
- Turn off the heat under the pan. Times, Sunday Times
- Turn off the heating and use a radiator bleed key - from hardware shops - to turn the shaft anticlockwise for a quarter- or half-turn (don't unscrew it by more than one complete turn).
- If you see a dolphin, you must turn off your engine and look the other way. The Sun
- Turn off the lights when you leave.
- Turn off the heat under the pan. Times, Sunday Times
- And they never turn off the bathroom light so if she is a habitual showerer ... get going. You Too Can be a Peeping Tom without Getting Caught by Brutus Maccabee
- Turn offthe heat and allow the flavours to infuse for half an hour. Times, Sunday Times
- Motorists will be urged to drive outside busy times and turn off their engines when idling. Times, Sunday Times
- Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark," the snakebitten Broadway musical with music written by U2, suffered its latest setback on Monday night when an actor in the performance fell while performing a stunt. Actor injured at U2's "Spiderman" musical; rapper Magnolia Shorty murdered; Local Community Radio Act passes
