shut off

== English == === Verb === shut off (third-person singular simple present shuts off, present participle shutting off, simple past and past participle shut off) (transitive, intransitive) To stop or turn off by closing something, such as a valve. (transitive, intransitive) To switch off. (transitive, intransitive) To separate; to isolate. After his wife died, he shut himself off from the world. ==== Antonyms ==== keep on, leave on, start up, turn on ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ====