to turn off the light
37
1.0
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrn ɔf ðə laɪt/
:
apagar la luz
- Make sure to turn off the light to save energy when you leave.
- please turn off the lights
- forget to turn off the lights
- remember to turn off the lights
I mean, why did Russia turn off the lights twice in Ukraine?
- I mean, why did Russia turn off the lights twice in Ukraine?
- The ghost turns off the lights if I stay up too late.
- I always say to her, did you turn off the lights?
- He starts attacking her, then she turns off the light.
- So the plan is I guess to to go to sleep now since they just turned off the lights.
- That is a movie that when you turn off the lights at night to to to go to sleep is going to still be in your head.
- Well, my teacher and the teacher's aide, the Buffalo Public School will put children in the bathroom and turn off the lights.
- All right, so that was it turning off the light.
Examples
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And then she leaned over and turned off the light.
Fiction book (1992) -
Would you mind helping me turn off the lights?
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OK, I will turn off the light and I could even go.
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And then we turned off the lights and we went inside.
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I can actually turn off the lights with my app now, turn it back on.
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We need to turn off the light.
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Want me to turn off the light?
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Lock your doors, bolt your windows and turn off the lights.
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My mother would tuck me in, turn off the light, and close the door.
Academic text (2009) -
When he had caught his breath, he whispered, "Turn off the light."
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
631
1.3
To stop a machine or device from working with a switch
83
2.6
Stop something from working by using a switch or valve
63
3.9
To make a device, system, or account stop working
37
1.1
To stop a machine or light by using a control such as a button
36
2.7
To switch off a light or machine
10
3.9
To make a place completely dark by turning off or covering lights
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to switch a light off so that it stops producing light' is directly and transparently derivable from the constituents: 'turn' (change), 'off' (not operating) and 'light' (lamp). The verb+particle pattern 'turn off' is a common compositional construction (and has clear equivalents in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The phrase turn off the light gives a simple picture: you turn a switch to off so the light stops and the room goes dark. So it means 'to switch a light off'.