turning off

Verb

turn off (third-person singular simple present turns off, present participle turning off, simple past and past participle turned off)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, off.
   • He turned off from me and faced the far wall.
2. (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
   • Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
   1. (broadly, transitive) To deactivate a heat source cooking a particular item.
      • You can turn off the green beans now.
   2. (intransitive, transitive, usually) To become deactivated; to become powered down.
      • My computer turned off!
   3. (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
      • Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water.
   4. (obsolete, transitive) To dismiss; to fire.
      • The butler turned off that foolish maid.

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