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

In most cases, genes on one of the two X chromosomes in each cell are naturally switched off, preventing excessive doses of their products. — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026

On Voyager 1, for example, the falling power would have otherwise meant switching off another instrument possibly as soon as next summer. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026

The tanker had switched off its navigation systems, Fars said, referring to a common practice by commercial vessels trying to obscure their movements in the region. — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

The advantage of this approach is that the charge transport can be adjusted to different light energies by changing the voltage or switching off the electrodes. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for switch off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff