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.
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With the Cavaliers trying to tie the game with a 3 in the final seconds, Murray-Boyles got switched on to Donovan Mitchell.
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
With a firm hold, the landlady showed me how to switch on the boiler and wait for ten minutes until the hot water came.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The episode underscores mounting concerns around information sovereignty, particularly when connectivity can be switched on externally without formal government approval.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Creativity, dating and your mojo are fully switched on.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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Eric Koreen, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
With a firm hold, the landlady showed me how to switch on the boiler and wait for ten minutes until the hot water came.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The episode underscores mounting concerns around information sovereignty, particularly when connectivity can be switched on externally without formal government approval.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
Creativity, dating and your mojo are fully switched on.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
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 6 May. 2026.
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