TURN OFF

verb Date: 1564 transitive verb 1. dismiss , discharge , to dispose of ; sell , deflect , evade , produce , accomplish , to stop the flow of or shut off by or as if by turning a control , hang 1b, 6. to remove (material) by the process of turning, to shape or produce by turning, to cause to lose interest ; bore , intransitive verb to deviate from a straight course or from a main road , 2. to turn bad ; spoil , to change to a specified state ; become , to lose interest ; withdraw