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noun ADJ. next VERB + TURN-OFF take Take the next turn-off. | miss, overshoot We were chatting and overshot our turn-off. PREP. ~ for the turn-off for Leeds
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): turn off
[for something] to go off; to switch off. • All the lights turn off automatically., Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off, as in Turn off the lights when you leave. [Mid-1800s] 1. Affect with dislike, revulsion, or boredom; cause to lose interest. For example, That vulgar comedian turned us off completely, or The movie was all right for an hour or so, but then I was turned off. [Slang; mid-1900s] 2.turn of phrase A particular arrangement of words, as in I'd never heard that turn of phrase before, or An idiom can be described as a turn of phrase. This idiom alludes to the turning or shaping of objects (as on a lathe), a usage dating from the late 1600s.
American Heritage Idioms