turn+off

  • 91turn something off — SWITCH OFF, shut off, put off, extinguish, deactivate; informal kill, cut. → turn * * * stop the operation or flow of something by means of a valve, switch, or button remember to turn off the gas ■ operate a valve or switch in order to do this *… …

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  • 92turn out — Synonyms and related words: abjure, accouter, appoint, arise, arm, attain fulfillment, attend, be so, be such, bear, become of, boot, boot out, bounce, break, brush aside, bump, bust, can, caparison, cashier, cast, cast out, chuck, chuck out,… …

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  • 93turn — [[t]tɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel[/ex] 2) to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key[/ex] 3) to reverse the… …

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  • 94turn on — 1) PHRASAL VERB When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls. [V P n (not pron)] I want to turn on the television... [V n P] She asked them why they hadn… …

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  • 95turn — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦ turns, turning, turned (Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression turn over a new leaf is explained at leaf.) 1) VERB When you turn …

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  • 96turn */*/*/ — I UK [tɜː(r)n] / US [tɜrn] verb Word forms turn : present tense I/you/we/they turn he/she/it turns present participle turning past tense turned past participle turned 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to change the position of your body or head so… …

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  • 97turn on — Synonyms and related words: accrue from, amplify, annoy, arise from, arouse, awake, awaken, be based on, be contingent on, be dependent on, be due to, be predicated on, blow the coals, blow up, bring up, broach, bud from, call forth, call up,… …

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  • 98turn — 1. verb 1) the wheels were still turning Syn: go around, revolve, rotate, spin, roll, circle, wheel, whirl, twirl, gyrate, swivel, pivot 2) I turned and headed back Syn …

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  • 99turn — {{11}}turn (n.) mid 13c., action of rotation, from Anglo Fr. tourn (O.Fr. tour), from L. tornus turning lathe; also partly a noun of action from TURN (Cf. turn) (v.). Meaning an act of turning, a single revolution or part of a revolution is… …

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  • 100turn out — 1) PHR V LINK If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated. [V P prep] If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me... [V P n] Sometimes… …

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