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Meanings of turns off in English

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Usage of turns off in English
1
I stand by the guide-post where the road turns off to Øvrebø.
Wanderers
2
He turns off the light on his way out of the room.
Pines
3
Where the road turns off into your lane-thatnarrow place, you know.
Way Station
4
Walter checks him one more time and then turns off the lamp.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
5
We sit for about ten minutes, and Pop turns off the motor.
It's like this, cat
6
MacReady turns off the hissing radio, and marches to the other door.
The thing
7
The alarm turns off and we all relax our shoulders a little.
World After
8
This is deadly, it kills good writing and it turns off playwrights.
The Guardian
9
He reaches down and turns off the supply, no long metal key required.
The Irish Times
10
On the way back through town he turns off at the police station.
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
11
I snap my fingers with my free hand and the light turns off.
I am number four
12
Then he turns off slow and dreamy towards the stairs, saying:
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
13
You can arrange among yourselves which shall stay in, taking turns off duty.
At Agincourt
14
Chuwit turns off the main light and switches on an Anglepoise.
The Guardian
15
How strange, he said to himself, he never turns off his cell phone.
The black minutes
16
She pulls it open again, turns off the radio, and sits opposite me.
Water for elephants
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common