SWITCH OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)