turn-off

Definitions

General English

• phrasal verb
  (written as turn off)
  to make a piece of electrical equipment stop working
• phrasal verb
  (written as turn off)
  to leave a road you are travelling on

Aviation

• verb
  (written as turn off)
  to switch an electrical device or system ‘off’
• verb
  (written as turn off)
  to stop the flow of something by using a valve

Information & Library Science

• verb
  (written as turn off)
  to disconnect the power supply from a machine

Slang

• noun a depressing, deflating, disappointing or unexciting experience. The phrase was coined by analogy with its opposite, turn-on.

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Contexts for “turn-off”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Aviation
• Information & Library Science
• Slang