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What is another word for turn off?

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Verb

To switch off or power down (something)

To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

To drive away or make hostile, especially through disenchantment

To deviate from one's course or direction

To leave one road or path in order to join another

To relax after working hard

To inspire boredom in a person

To cause emotional distress to someone

To discharge from a job or position

To make inactive

To cause to feel sorrow

To divide into two or more branches

Prevent the occurrence of

To extinguish a flame or fire

To persuade or convince someone not to do something

A place where one road crosses another

A change of direction when moving

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To switch off or power down (something)

“I'm so fast that when I turn off the light switch in my hotel room, I'll be in bed before the room gets dark.”

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To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

make someone want to throw up

make someone feel sick

make your gorge rise

shock

appal^UK

cause to feel nauseous

be offensive to

appall^US

make someone's skin crawl

give you the creeps

make someone's flesh creep

be extremely distasteful to

cause offence to

give someone the creeps

make someone's stomach rise

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone feel nauseous

make one's flesh creep

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

make one's hair stand on end

get to

make someone's blood run cold

raise eyebrows amongst

cause raised eyebrows

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

hurt somebody's feelings

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

put someone off their stroke

traumatize^US

paralyse^UK

antagonize^US

traumatise^UK

paralyze^US

antagonise^UK

raise someone's eyebrows

throw a curve

set someone back on their heels

completely surprise

shake out of your complacency

take the wind out of your sails

give a turn

hit like ton of bricks

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“It was inevitable that he would eventually turn off his guests with his incessant self-praise.”

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To drive away or make hostile, especially through disenchantment

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

drive a wedge between

withdraw the affections of

sow dissension between

destroy the affections of

sever connections between

cause antagonism between

set against one another

cause a rift

cause disagreement between

put at odds

pit against one another

destroy relationships

put a cordon sanitaire around

reach a parting of the ways

lose the affection of

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“The dress rehearsal of Moonplay was enough to turn off the audience from ever wanting to see the play again at the Bauhaus.”

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To deviate from one's course or direction

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“It's slightly hidden from the road, so you'll need to turn off at the bend to find it.”

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To leave one road or path in order to join another

“Soon, we will have to turn off the main road onto a side street.”

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To relax after working hard

make yourself at home

regain one's composure

get your act together

get a grip on yourself

get a hold of yourself

keep cool

pull oneself together

regain your self-control

keep your head

recover one's composure

play it cool

come back down to earth

lay back

recover one's self-control

stabilise^UK

stabilize^US

recharge one's batteries

get control of oneself

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“I needed to turn off after a hard day of meetings, driving, phone calls, and constant interaction.”

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To inspire boredom in a person

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To cause emotional distress to someone

agonise^UK

agonize^US

hurt somebody's feelings

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

put someone's nose out of joint

give someone the hump

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

be a pain in the neck

give a hard time

grate on

mix up

be a thorn in someone's side

drive bananas

put down

give offence

tread on someone's toes

make somebody's hackles rise

cheese off

get on your wick

exacerbate

ruffle one's feathers

drive round the twist

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

appal^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

drive you up the wall

pother

appall^US

victimize^US

terrorize^US

victimise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

rub you up the wrong way

terrorise^UK

puzzle

tyrannize^US

harp on at

umbrage

set one's teeth on edge

tyrannise^UK

satirize^US

be a thorn in someone's flesh

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

make somebody's blood boil

put someone off their stroke

satirise^UK

get on the wrong side of

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

criticize^US

rattle someone's chain

pressurize^US

breath down someone's neck

pressurise^UK

criticise^UK

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

make an enemy of somebody

bring pressure to bear on

inflict anguish on

be like a red rag to a bull

push someon's buttons

set someone's teeth on edge

drive you to distraction

get on someone's back

mess with someone's head

sweat out

weigh heavily on one's mind

be a great weight on

make someone scratch their head

drive you round the twist

drive you round the bend

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

impose on

drive you off your head

drive you out of your mind

get on someone's case

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

exhaust someone's patience

give the needle

threaten

make demands on

make severe demands on

eat away at one's mind

put someone off their stride

worst

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

take the wind out of your sails

make self-conscious

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

set someone back on their heels

deflate

humble

lose the affection of

cause someone to lose their composure

get one's comeuppance

make someone eat humble pie

rule with an iron hand

rule with a rod of iron

bring someone to their knees

to make matters worse

go from bad to worse

rub salt in the wounds

feed the fire

add fuel to the flames

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To discharge from a job or position

ax^US

axe^UK

give someone the boot

give someone the bullet

give someone the push

show the door

give a pink slip

give someone their marching orders

give someone the sack

make redundant

give someone their cards

depose

bump

drop

give someone their notice

turf out

give the elbow

give the old heave-ho

give someone the pink slip

give someone the big E

force to give up work

give someone his or her walking papers

throw out on your ear

throw someone out on their ear

give someone their P45

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

demobilize^US

demobilise^UK

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To make inactive

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To cause to feel sorrow

bring tears to your eyes

cast a gloom upon

make one's heart bleed

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

knock the stuffing out of

make desolate

give someone the blues

harsh someone's mellow

bear down

make someone fed up

make someone's heart bleed

break someone's spirit

break someone's heart

dampen someone's spirit

agonize^US

agonise^UK

take the heart out of

dampen the spirits of

take the wind out of your sails

let down

shatter the illusions of

hurt somebody's feelings

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To divide into two or more branches

go in different directions

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Prevent the occurrence of

balk^US

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

beat someone to the punch

make impossible

bring to screeching halt

make it impossible for

beat someone to the draw

queer someone's pitch

be a hindrance to

throw a spoke in the wheel of

make impracticable

quit

make it impracticable for

monopolize^US

prevent the occurrence of

monopolise^UK

put a spoke in someone's wheel

take wind out of sails

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To extinguish a flame or fire

Verb

To persuade or convince someone not to do something

thwart one's attempts

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

change somebody's mind

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

balk^US

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A place where one road crosses another

Noun

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A change of direction when moving

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