switch on
phrasal 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.
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Just switch on Night Mode in your settings and aim your lens at the sky.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
And pausing telehealth is not as simple as turning a switch on or off, says Hughes.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The brief pattern flip could also potentially switch on the lake-effect snow machine for the first time this season and bring some measurable snow downwind of the Great Lakes.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The Heat even allowed 6-foot guard Davion Mitchell to switch on to Wembanyama for a few possessions.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
And pausing telehealth is not as simple as turning a switch on or off, says Hughes.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
The brief pattern flip could also potentially switch on the lake-effect snow machine for the first time this season and bring some measurable snow downwind of the Great Lakes.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The Heat even allowed 6-foot guard Davion Mitchell to switch on to Wembanyama for a few possessions.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for switch on
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“Switch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch%20on. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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