SWITCH OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does switch off mean? 

• SWITCH OFF (verb)
  The verb SWITCH OFF has 1 sense:

1. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

  Familiarity information: SWITCH OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWITCH OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cut; switch off; turn off; turn out

Context example:

turn out the lights

Hypernyms (to "switch off" is one way to...):

flip; switch; throw (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "switch off"):

kill (cause to cease operating)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

switch on (cause to operate by flipping a switch)