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switch_off
switch off
English
Verb
switch off (third-person singular simple present switches off, present participle switching off, simple past and past participle switched off)
- (transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device.
- 1893, The Electrical Review, volume 32, page 554:
- To switch off the instrument when the clockwork is not wound up, and to remind the subscriber of doing so, there is provided an indicator, x, which is worked in the following manner.
- 1906, National Electric Light Association, National Electric Light Association Twenty-Ninth Convention, page 420:
- We have found that a patrolman in the central section of the city can switch on, and later switch off, 100 signs with ease.
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- (idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To alternate between; to trade.
- Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go?
- 1997 February 1, Billboard, volume 109, page 84:
- Besides Crow belting out "Bitch," the concert featured several artists switching off on lead vocals
Synonyms
- (stop, disable): turn off
Antonyms
Translations
turn switch to off position
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to lose interest
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to alternate between
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