switch on

verb

switched on; switching on; switches on

: to turn on (something) by turning or pushing a button or moving a switch, lever, etc.

I switched on the TV.

She switched the light on.

Examples of switch on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Action Button, which sits on the left side of the iPhone, just above the volume up and down buttons, replaced the Ring/Silent switch on the iPhone 15 Pro in 2023. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Modern vehicles are connected to the internet, which means features can be switched on and off remotely. — Emma Witman, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

Salon 94’s founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn observes that de Betak’s sculptures are equally powerful switched on or off. — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026

The latter treated the fraction of time a signal remained switched on as a measure of its energy cost. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for switch on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon