switch off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'éteindre un appareil, une lumière ou un mécanisme au moyen d'un interrupteur, ou pour cesser de prêter attention.

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.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Stop paying attentioninformal

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

   Décrocher

   • 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.

   Synonymesdrift off

   Antonymesattendengage

2. Disconnect a deviceformal

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

   éteindre (un appareil)

   • 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.

   Synonymescut offdeactivatedisablekillshut downshut offturn off

   Antonymesactivatestartswitch onturn on

Verbe de baseswitch