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turn someone off to dull someone's interest in someone or something. The boring prof turned me off to the subject. The preacher set out to turn off the congregation to sin. See also: turn turn something off to switch something off so that it stops running or operating. Please turn the light off. Turn off the lights as you leave. See also: turn turn off [for something] to go off; to switch off. All the lights turn off automatically. See also: turn turn off (something) (some place) to walk or steer one's vehicle off a route at a particular place. Turn off the highway at the first exit after the city. Let's turn off here. We turned off the path just past the big oak tree. See also: turn turn off something to walk or turn a vehicle one way or another so that one leaves the road or route to another. You are supposed to turn off the highway at the yellow mailbox. See also: turn turn somebody off also turn off somebody to cause someone to lose interest or sympathy Her offensive remarks really turned me off. Her opening statement completely turned off the jury. See also: turn How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Pausing in his intention to turn off the gas burning in the middle of the shop, Mr Verloc descended into the abyss of moral reflections. " exclaimed Miranda; "but she can turn off work when she's got a mind to At other times, if a female stranger came among them, three or four of her own sex would get about her, and stare, and chatter, and grin, and smell her all over; and then turn off with gestures, that seemed to express contempt and disdain. |
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