turn off

Definition

To dismiss; to fire.

Example Sentences

• "[H]e came to this country in the service of an English gentleman, whom he was obliged to quit through the malice of the valet de chambre, who taking advantage of the young man's being overtaken with liquor on the last St.Andrew's day, turned him off, on the pretext of his being an habitual drunkard."
• "Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave."
• ""Will it ever stop?" Yo, I don't know / Turn off the lights, and I'll glow"