Collocations for "switch"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "switch" in context.
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switch
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- switch [the lights, my computer, your cell phone] [on, off]
- switch [on] the [lights]
- switch out the old [lightbulbs, photos]
- switch the old [lightbulbs] out
- switch around the [room, furniture]
- switch the [room] around
- switch the [letters, numbers] around
- switch around the [letters]
- switch [one] with [another]
- switched it for something [else, better]
- switched it for [another, a different] (one)
- switch [channels, stations]
- switch from one [company, service, channel] (to another)
- switch over to a new [company]
- switch back to the old [company]
- switch the [topic, subject]
- switch partners
- switch identities
- switch between [several, different] options
- switch between [tabs, accounts]
- switch back and forth (between)
- babies (who) were switched [at birth, in the hospital]
- a [light, machine, computer] switch
- the [start, stop, ignition, on, off] switch
- a [command, network, control] switch
- is [controlled, activated, opened] with a switch
- is [controlled] by a switch
- [flip, press, release, hit] the switch
- what happens if I [flip] this switch?
- a switch to turn [on, off]
- a switch to [change, delete, edit, increase, decrease]
- make a [schedule, job, quick] switch
- make a 180-degree switch (to)
- made a switch in our [plans, agenda, schedule]
- a switch in [career, jobs, studies]
- a switch of [votes, opinion, intention]
- [fired, sacked] for being asleep at the switch
'switch' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
air
- alarm
- bait
- burst
- bypass
- calendar
- catalyst
- channel
- click
- control
- cooker
- current
- dashboard
- depress
- desktop
- disconnect
- electricity
- elementary
- emergency
- fasten
- faulty
- feel
- finger
- fireplace
- flick
- flip
- grit
- hall
- heater
- how
- ignition
- kettle
- kill
- lamp
- landing
- laptop
- light
- lower
- main
- major
- manual
- medication
- mode
- monitor
- on
- overhead
- override
- pilot
- provider
- relay