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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Another switch on the left brake lever is used to turn the lights on and off, while one on the right is used to start and stop the camera.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
Hearing the other move around, flick the light switch on and off, pound the floor, the insomniac empathizes while recognizing that to commiserate would be to bar the door to oblivion for both.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
When the full beams are switched on, the hammerhead elements separate horizontally to reveal the headlights.
—Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Jod surmised that the Onyx Cinder would be allowed through, so the frigate switched on a tractor beam and reeled the kids in.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
Hearing the other move around, flick the light switch on and off, pound the floor, the insomniac empathizes while recognizing that to commiserate would be to bar the door to oblivion for both.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
When the full beams are switched on, the hammerhead elements separate horizontally to reveal the headlights.
—Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Jod surmised that the Onyx Cinder would be allowed through, so the frigate switched on a tractor beam and reeled the kids in.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Switch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch%20on. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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