switch on

Verb

Meaning

cause to operate by flipping a switch

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

turn on rouse include light move start contact begin link involve wire connect enable trigger initiate
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Antonyms

switch off cut fall kill surrender quiet
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Hypernyms

switch throw flip

Examples

You don't need to turn the light switch on and off, again! You have absolutely NAILED DOWN the principle finding of that experiment; when you turn the lights off, daddy can't see ANYTHING. He steps on your toys trying to find you and kill you... And breaks his foot! Dylan Moran

He's one of the worst practice players I've played with. He rests and when the game comes, he flips the switch on. He plays a dominant physical style, so I think he just relaxes in practice and as a veteran player, I admire that. Alexander Ovechkin

I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night. Lorde

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more. Daphne Guinness

I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too. Mike Gordon

There is no off switch on a tiger. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

switch key switch knife switch off switch on the afterburners switch out switch over