switch it off
1switch something off — TURN OFF, shut off, stop, cut, halt, deactivate. → switch * * * turn off an electrical device ■ switch off informal cease to pay attention as he waffles on, I switch off * * * ˌswitch ˈoff/ˈon | ˌswitch sthˈoff/ˈon derived …
2switch sth off — UK US switch sth off/on Phrasal Verb with switch({{}}/swɪtʃ/ verb ► to make a machine or piece of equipment stop or start working by pressing a switch: »Mobiles must remain switched off throughout the flight …
3switch sth off/on — UK US switch sth off/on Phrasal Verb with switch({{}}/swɪtʃ/ verb ► to make a machine or piece of equipment stop or start working by pressing a switch: »Mobiles must remain switched off throughout the flight …
4ˌswitch (sth) ˈoff — phrasal verb if you switch off something such as a light or a machine, or if it switches off, it stops working The heating has switched off.[/ex] I parked the car and switched off the engine.[/ex] …
5switch something off/on — turn an electrical device off (or on). → switch …
6off — off1 [ôf, äf] adv. [LME var. of of,OF1, later generalized for all occurrences of of in stressed positions] 1. so as to be or keep away, at a distance, to a side, etc. [to move off, to ward off] 2. so as to be measured, divided, etc. [to pace off …
7switch — 1 /swItS/ verb 1 (I, T) to change from one thing to another, usually suddenly (+ to): He used to play tennis, but now he s switched to golf. | switch sth to/from/away etc: Duval switched easily and fluently from French to English. | switch… …
8switch on — verb cause to operate by flipping a switch (Freq. 5) switch on the light turn on the stereo • Syn: ↑turn on • Ant: ↑switch off • Hypernyms: ↑ …
9switch something on — TURN ON, put on, activate, start, set going, set in motion, operate, initiate, actuate, initialize, energize. → switch * * * turn on an electrical device * * * ˌswitch ˈoff/ˈon | ˌswitch sthˈoff/ˈon derived to turn a light, machine, etc. off/on… …
10switch*/*/ — [swɪtʃ] verb I 1) [I/T] to change from one thing to another, or to make something do this He used to vote Conservative, but he switched to Labour in 1997.[/ex] Once you have learned the basics of word processing, switching between different… …
