SHUT OFF


Meaning of SHUT OFF in English

1.

If you ~ something such as an engine or an electrical item, you turn it off to stop it working.

They pulled over and ~ the engine...

Will somebody for God’s sake shut that alarm off.

= switch off

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

2.

If you shut yourself off, you avoid seeing other people, usually because you are feeling depressed.

Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off...

PHRASAL VERB: V pron-refl P

3.

If an official organization shuts off the supply of something, they no longer send it to the people they supplied in the past.

The State Water Project has ~ all supplies to farmers.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

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