turn off (something) (some place)

turn off (something) (some place)
turn off (something) (some place)
to walk or steer one's vehicle off a route at a particular place. •

Turn off the highway at the first exit after the city.

Let's turn off here.

We turned off the path just past the big oak tree.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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