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What does switch on mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word switch on? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) to turn a switch to the "on" position in order to start or enable a device
  2. (idiomatic) to change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch
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There's a small slider switch on the side to switch between on, off and auto.
I brood over this thought, as I warm up the car and switch on the defogger.
The powertrain is tied directly to the differential, and forward or reverse are selected via a switch on the dash.
In the moments before the cameras switch on, he's edgy, nervous, priming us with questions.
Every time I switch on the TV, I see someone copying a video I did, sometimes frame by frame.
It's entirely arbitrary in some ways, but grief is not a simple process that you switch on or off.

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