switch off

• Partikelverb, das das Ausschalten eines Geräts, Lichts oder Mechanismus mit einem Schalter bezeichnet oder das Beenden von Aufmerksamkeit und Zuhören.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of turning off a device, light, or machine by operating a switch, or to stop paying attention.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Stop paying attentioninformal

   To stop listening or paying attention to something, often due to boredom or fatigue.

   Abschalten

   • I switched off during the long lecture.
   • He tends to switch off when the conversation gets too technical.
   • She switched off completely after the first hour of the meeting.

   Synonymedrift off

   Antonymeattendengage

2. Disconnect a deviceformal

   To turn off a device, machine, or light by using a switch or button.

   Ausschalten

   • Please switch off the lights before leaving.
   • He switched off the computer after finishing his work.
   • Make sure to switch off the engine when refueling.

   Synonymecut offdeactivatedisablekillshut downshut offturn off

   Antonymeactivatestartswitch onturn on

Grundverbswitch