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Definition of switch 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.
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switchplay
: a slender flexible whip, rod, or twig
: an act of switching: such as
: a blow with a switch
: to strike or beat with or as if with a switch
: whisk, lash
: to turn from one railroad track to another : shunt
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