switch off

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to turn a light, machine, etc. off / on by pressing a button or switch

   You can switch off pager.

   - I've got it. - Switch off that machine.

In the movies · 23

• So when we split up again, you switched off the electricity.Clue1985
• You can switch off pager.The Terminal2004
• - I've got it. - Switch off that machine.Help!1965
• It's not something I can switch off.Death on the Nile2022
• You don't know how to switch off!Hot Fuzz2007
• There's no switching off.The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years2016
• Switch it off.The Aviator2004
• and switches off inhibitors.Kingsman: The Secret Service2014

Learn it in full scenes

• Clue1985
  • Mrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
  • Guests Arrive at the Mansion
  • Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail

From the same entry

• switch over

More phrasal verbs

• rely on
• move in with
• breathe in
• call back
• fuck up
• mess up
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• look back
• move out
• live up to
• find out
• go back