Synonyms for switch off
switch off

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1. switch offverb

   Synonyms:
   turn off

   Antonyms:
   switch on

2. switch offverb

   to turn a switch to the off position in order to stop or disable a device

   Synonyms:
   turn off

   Antonyms:
   switch on

3. switch offverb

   to lose interest, and start thinking about something else

   Synonyms:
   turn off

   Antonyms:
   switch on

4. switch offverb

   To alternate between; to trade.

   Do you eat all your peas and then all your potatoes, or do you switch off between them as you go?

   Synonyms:
   turn off

   Antonyms:
   switch on

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1. switch off, cut, turn off, turn outverb

   cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

   "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

   Synonyms:
   get up, foreshorten, veer, rise, come out, bring down, rotate, snub, turn off, burn, rationalize, boot out, hack, trim down, uprise, write out, prune, thin, turf out, cut, turn up, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, arise, edit out, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, make out, spread out, contract, rationalise, cut off, dilute, curve, put off, sheer, slew, geld, chuck out, prove, tailor, turn out, splay, disregard, issue, exclude, cut back, eject, abbreviate, trend, bear

   Antonyms:
   switch on, turn on

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1. Tao Geoghegan:

   At the moment, I do n’t think I ’d say I ’m looking forward to Wednesday but it’s another chance, i just want to forget about everything tonight, switch off, have dinner and ring Max, my son. That puts it all in perspective. I ’ll get up tomorrow, recover as best I can and give it one last hit.

2. Andy Sutherden:

   People will switch off if they think they're watching a bunch of cheats.

3. Mike Barber:

   Oh, look, from the start we've been pretty clear on trying not to bring work home, obviously at the moment, we're kind of forced to and so I think again we're trying to stick to what we've always done in terms of when it's training time, we're all in and we're professional in what we do and when it's time to switch off.

4. James Bullard:

   We are not trying to move production and income up in the second quarter. We are trying to keep it out of the second quarter, you want capital to just sit in place. Switch off the factory ... Then switch it back on.

5. Gwede Mantashe:

   They even want to tell us to switch off all the coal-generated power stations, until you tell them, 'you know we can do that, but you'll breathe fresh air in the darkness'.