English-Dutch translations for turn off

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dichtdraaienDe Verenigde Staten kunnen dat, omdat zij de geldkraan kunnen dichtdraaien. The United States can, because it can turn off the money tap. Slechts één facet hiervan is de energiefobie op grond waarvan we de Russen wel moeten verdragen omdat ze anders de gaskraan dichtdraaien. Just one part of this is the energy phobia according to which we need to put up with the Russians, or they will turn off the gas tap. Daarom lijkt het paradoxaal dat vandaag wordt gedreigd met het dichtdraaien van de Europese geldkraan voor de Palestijnse Autoriteit. It therefore appears perverse that the threat should today be made to turn off the flow of European funding to the Palestinian Authority.

To dismiss; to fire
To power down, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc
To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas
To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone
To leave a road; to exit

Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
Remember to turn the tap off once youve finished so you dont waste water.
Cigarette smoking really turns me off.
Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch.

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