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switch on

phrasal verb
If you switch on a light or other electrical device, you make it start working by operating a switch.
She emptied both their mugs and switched on the electric kettle. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
He pointed the light at his feet and tried to switch it on. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
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switch on in British English

verb (adverb)
1. 
to cause (a device) to operate by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn on
2. (transitive) informal
to produce (charm, tears, etc) suddenly or automatically
3. (transitive) informal
(now slightly dated) to make up-to-date, esp regarding outlook, dress, etc
4. (transitive) slang
to arouse emotionally or sexually
5. (intransitive) slang
to take or become intoxicated by drugs
6. (transitive) slang
to introduce (someone) to drugs

Examples of 'switch on' in a sentence
switch on

Uncomfortably she sat up, throwing aside the pillow, and leaned across, groping for the switch on the bedside light.
Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
Stephanie removed her night-vision goggles and felt for the switch on the wall.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
He bends to switch on the machine, the seat of his shorts stretching to frame his slim backside.
Various LOOKING FOR THE SPARK

In other languages
switch on

British English: switch on /swɪtʃ ɒn/ VERB
If you switch on an electrical device, you make it start working by operating a switch.
We switched on the radio.
  • American English: switch on
  • Arabic: يُشْغِلُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ligar
  • Chinese: 开电源
  • Croatian: uključiti
  • Czech: zapnout
  • Danish: tænde
  • Dutch: inschakelen
  • European Spanish: encender
  • Finnish: kytkeä päälle
  • French: allumer
  • German: einschalten
  • Greek: ανάβω μηχάνημα
  • Italian: accendere
  • Japanese: つける スイッチ
  • Korean: 켜다
  • Norwegian: slå på
  • Polish: włączyć
  • European Portuguese: ligar
  • Romanian: a porni
  • Russian: включать
  • Latin American Spanish: encender
  • Swedish: sätta på
  • Thai: เปิดไฟ, เปิดสวิตช์
  • Turkish: açmak
  • Ukrainian: вмикати
  • Vietnamese: bật

Chinese translation of 'switch on'

switch on

vt

  1. [light, engine, radio] 开(開)启(啟) (kāiqǐ)
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