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Switch on   /swɪtʃ ɑn/   Listen
Switch on

verb
1.
Cause to operate by flipping a switch.  Synonym: turn on.  "Turn on the stereo"






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"Switch on" Quotes from Famous Books



... Strong flipped a switch on the intercom to direct contact with the waiting ship and gave Sticoon the oft-repeated final briefing, concluding, "Do not go beyond the necessary limitations of fuel consumption that are provided for in the Solar Guard space code. If you return here ...
— Treachery in Outer Space • Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman

... the lamp circuits and the lamp itself may now be described. The lamps are all run in parallel circuit, but are divided into groups of five, each group being controlled by a separate switch on the board—Figs. 11 and 11A. These switches are not in direct communication with the dynamo, but make that connection through a large central switch, S2, which therefore carries the whole current. The returns from each group are brought to the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 • Various

... the first, a youngish man whose air suggested technical competence more than the assurance of great authority. The officer placed his brief case upon the glistening surface of a large table and touched a switch on the flap. ...
— The Outbreak of Peace • Horace Brown Fyfe

... represented should be boldly delivered at the very gates of their own Hour. Not until half-past eight, with the curtains drawn, the doors locked, and orders given that on no account whatever was I to be disturbed, did I switch on the pearly light, place Andriaovsky's portrait in its now accustomed place, and draw my chair ...
— Widdershins • Oliver Onions



Words linked to "Switch on" :   switch off, switch, throw, flip



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