Antonyms for switch off
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : swich |
| Phonetic Transcription : swɪtʃ |
Definition of switch off
Origin :- 1590s, "slender riding whip," probably from a Flemish or Low German word akin to Hanoverian swutsche, a variant of Low German zwukse "long thin stick, switch," from Germanic base *swih- (cf. Old High German zwec "wooden peg," German Zweck "aim, design," originally "peg as a target," Zwick "wooden peg"), perhaps connected with PIE root *swei- "to swing, bend, to turn."
- The meaning "device for changing the direction of something or making or breaking a connection" is first recorded 1797. "The peg sense suits the mech(anical) applications" [Weekley], and these senses may be a direct borrowing from those senses in Continental Germanic languages rather than a continuation of the "pliant wand" sense. The meaning "a change, a reversal, an exchange, a substitution" is first recorded 1920.
- As in turn off : verb stop from operating
- As in end : verb bring to an end
Synonyms for switch off
- abolish
- abort
- accomplish
- achieve
- break off
- break up
- call it a day
- call off
- cease
- close
- close out
- complete
- conclude
- consummate
- crown
- culminate
- cut
- cut out
- cut short
- delay
- determine
- discontinue
- dispose of
- dissolve
- douse
- drop
- expire
- extinguish
- finish
- get done
- give up
- halt
- hit the switch
- interrupt
- kill
- log off
- pack it in
- perorate
- postpone
- pull the plug
- put out
- put the lid on
- quit
- relinquish
- resolve
- settle
- sew up
- shut
- shut down
- shut off
- stop
- switch off
- terminate
- top off
- turn out
- ultimate
- unplug
- wind up
- wrap
- wrap up
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