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switch off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. switch off, cut, turn off, turn outverb

    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

Wiktionary

  1. switch offverb

    to turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device

  2. switch offverb

    to lose interest, and start thinking about something else

  3. switch offverb

    To alternate between; to trade.

Wikipedia

  1. Switch Off

    Switch Off is a short film directed by Anoop Gangadharan. It is the first short film which features only gadgets and was selected for Limca Book of Records.

ChatGPT

  1. switch off

    To switch off means to turn off or deactivate a device, system, or machine by hitting or toggling a switch or button. It can also refer to the act of stopping paying attention, mentally disengaging, or stopping making an effort in a situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of switch off in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of switch off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of switch off in a Sentence

  1. Andy Sutherden:

    People will switch off if they think they're watching a bunch of cheats.

  2. James Bullard:

    We are not trying to move production and income up in the second quarter. We are trying to keep it out of the second quarter, you want capital to just sit in place. Switch off the factory ... Then switch it back on.

  3. Andreas Iseli:

    A superyacht isn't a toy, but it's the ultimate place to go and be away from it all, we have clients who literally go two weeks a year on their yacht and switch off.

  4. Anthony Fauci:

    It's not going to be turning a switch off and turning the switch on, it's going to be gradual and I think it's going to take several months before we get to the point where we can really feel something that approximates how it was normally before Covid-19.

  5. Michiel Hendriksz:

    The guy in Saudi Arabia, with one push of a button he can slow down production and reduce supply to the market. But you cannot switch off cocoa production.


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