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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An Altair was about the size of an apple crate, with no screen, just lights and switches on the front.
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Monica Nickelsburg, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025
In the far turn, Jockey Jose Ortiz wheeled Sandman swiftly past the pack and, heading a bit wide at the top of the stretch with not a little dirt covering them from all that time in the rear, Ortiz and Sandman switched on the afterburners.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Opry Nashville The program known today as the Grand Ole Opry got its start in 1925 when National Life and Accident Insurance Company flipped the switch on a new Nashville radio station.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Storyteller Overland View 8 Images Off-road RV specialist Storyteller Overland is switching on a new Mode.
—New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
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Monica Nickelsburg, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025
In the far turn, Jockey Jose Ortiz wheeled Sandman swiftly past the pack and, heading a bit wide at the top of the stretch with not a little dirt covering them from all that time in the rear, Ortiz and Sandman switched on the afterburners.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Opry Nashville The program known today as the Grand Ole Opry got its start in 1925 when National Life and Accident Insurance Company flipped the switch on a new Nashville radio station.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Storyteller Overland View 8 Images Off-road RV specialist Storyteller Overland is switching on a new Mode.
—New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Switch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch%20on. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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