Shut+off

  • 11shut off — verb 1. stem the flow of (Freq. 1) shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation • Syn: ↑close off • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑ …

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  • 12shut off — UK US shut (sth) off Phrasal Verb with shut({{}}/ʃʌt/ verb [I or T] (shutting, shut, shut) ► [T] COMMERCE, PRODUCTION, GOVERNMENT if a supply or process is shut off or someone shuts it off, it stops: »The committee has the power to shut off funds …

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  • 13shut off — phrasal verb Word forms shut off : present tense I/you/we/they shut off he/she/it shuts off present participle shutting off past tense shut off past participle shut off 1) [intransitive/transitive] if a machine shuts off, or if someone shuts it… …

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  • 14shut off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you shut off something such as an engine or an electrical item, you turn it off to stop it working. [V P n (not pron)] They pulled over and shut off the engine... [V n P] Will somebody for God s sake shut that alarm off. Syn:… …

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  • 15shut off — {v.} 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. * /Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet./ Compare: TURN OFF. 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. * /Our camp is so far from the highway we… …

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  • 16shut off — {v.} 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. * /Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet./ Compare: TURN OFF. 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. * /Our camp is so far from the highway we… …

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  • 17shut\ off — v 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet. Compare: turn off 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. Our camp is so far from the highway we feel shut… …

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  • 18shut off — verb Date: 1818 transitive verb 1. to close off ; separate usually used with from < shut off from the rest of the world > 2. a. to cut off (as flow or passage) ; stop < shuts off the oxygen supply > …

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  • 19shut off — 1) make something like water or electricity stop We always shut off the gas when we leave the house for more than a few minutes. 2) be apart, be separated from The small town is shut off from the other towns in the valley. 3) prevent the opposite …

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  • 20shut-off — See fuel pump shut off switch overrun cut off/shut off …

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