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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How to use switch off in a sentence?

1. Amit Sen:

   Sometimes, the parents switch off the internet or disconnect the Wi-Fi, and there is a violent reaction, all hell breaks loose.

2. Sachin Tendulkar:

   Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.

3. Andreas Iseli:

   A superyacht isn't a toy, but it's the ultimate place to go and be away from it all, we have clients who literally go two weeks a year on their yacht and switch off.

4. Richard Anderson:

   CSX had lined and padlocked the switch off the mainline to the siding, causing the collision.

5. Tomas Berdych:

   I can talk with my partner about basically everything.... I can just completely switch off from the tennis, then once you step back on the tennis side, then you are absolutely focused (on) whatever you do... so for me, I think it's a great combination.