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

For now, the findings offer another indication that the future of obesity medicine may involve more than finding a single hormone to switch on or off. — Mike McRae 09, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026

When Blue Light Becomes Part of the Routine Brush Air’s blue light becomes visible when the device is switched on. — Advertorial, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

In other words, make sure those camera batteries are charged, your aurora alerts switched on and the coffee pot is full! — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Three scientists won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for discoveries that allow researchers to switch on and off nerve cells in the living brain. — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for switch on

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