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What does switch off mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word switch off? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device.
  2. (idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To alternate between; to trade.
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When I stop the car for a while and switch off the engine, the silence falls like a cloak over the countryside.
He leapt at it, a lunge ending with a quick snap of his fingers, flicking the switch off.
They kind of ease back to first gear and switch off different parts of the brain in sequence.
Other recent violent attacks include an assault on a couple who asked two boys to switch off their mobile phones during a film.
I clicked off the switch, and ran downstairs to the fuse box, to switch off the electricity.
Geminians, for all their love of communication, are often the first to switch off and lie low for a while.

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