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- noun Something that
repulses ,disgusts , ordiscourages , especially sexually. - noun A
road where oneturns off like amotorway exit .
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Examples
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That would be quite a turn-off if I had to give Mexican government part of my rather small retirement, in not so far future.
FM2 and Citizenship 2009
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The turn-off in San Antonio is very well marked, letting you know miles ahead of time which lane you should be in before you exit.
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The turn-off in San Antonio is very well marked, letting you know miles ahead of time which lane you should be in before you exit.
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Such talk is a turn-off to everyone except the conspiracy theorists and others wingnuts that the Tea Party needs to distance itself from.
Poll: Tea Party allies deny racism element, critics say otherwise 2010
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That would be quite a turn-off if I had to give Mexican government part of my rather small retirement, in not so far future.
FM2 and Citizenship 2009
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That would be quite a turn-off if I had to give Mexican government part of my rather small retirement, in not so far future.
FM2 and Citizenship 2009
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But your casual indifference to reality-based thinking is such a turn-off to alliance.
Traffic Volumes in Seattle Are Down. So Why Are We Building More Highways? « PubliCola 2010
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This is a real turn-off to that mass of us Americans in the moderate middle on things.
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The remake of MTV's Skins was for me the biggest turn-off.
Ask Matt: Being Human, Closer, Bones, Cape, Spartacus and More! 2011
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The north-east's clubs, meanwhile, have plainly missed their turn-off and are heading directly away from the title, unable to focus on finding a route back due to somebody in the passenger seat muttering: I told you to stop and ask someone for directions, but would you listen?
Arsène Wenger's goalkeeping blindspot is simply bananas Harry Pearson 2010
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