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SWITCH OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Example:
turn out the lights
Synonyms:
cut; switch off; turn off; turn out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "switch off" is one way to...):
flip; switch; throw (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "switch off"):
kill (cause to cease operating)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
switch on (cause to operate by flipping a switch)
