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, 25 Nov. 2025
Last year, Cal OES ran into disruptions after the new technology was switched on in a fraction of dispatch centers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Some users are now reporting that these settings are switched on by default instead of asking for explicit opt-in.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, a couple of those genes provide the blueprint for additional transcription factors, which then switch on pro-inflammatory genes.
—New Atlas, 21 Nov. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Last year, Cal OES ran into disruptions after the new technology was switched on in a fraction of dispatch centers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Some users are now reporting that these settings are switched on by default instead of asking for explicit opt-in.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Unfortunately, a couple of those genes provide the blueprint for additional transcription factors, which then switch on pro-inflammatory genes.
—New Atlas, 21 Nov. 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 30 Nov. 2025.
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