switch off

verb

switched off; switching off; switches off

1

: to turn off (something) by turning or pushing a button or moving a switch, lever, etc.

He switched off the light/lamp.

He switched the TV off.

2

informal : to stop paying attention

When the topic turned to the stock market, he switched off.

Examples of switch off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As miners switch off rigs, the network's hashrate has slid, and some say the security cost is being waved away. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Lights had been switched off to conserve electricity amid fuel shortages that have gripped Cuba since the beginning of the year. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Toregem’s antibody is essentially an attempt to switch off that suppressor and let the buds do what they were built to do. — Allison Palmer july 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

Most people never grow them because a protein called USAG-1 keeps that development switched off. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026

Rhymes for switch off

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