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switch-on
[ swich-on, -awn ]
noun
- the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
switch on
verb
- to cause (a device) to operate by or as if by moving a switch, knob, or lever; turn on
- informal.tr to produce (charm, tears, etc) suddenly or automatically
- informal.tr (now slightly dated) to make up-to-date, esp regarding outlook, dress, etc
- slang.tr to arouse emotionally or sexually
- slang.intr to take or become intoxicated by drugs
- slang.tr to introduce (someone) to drugs
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of switch-on1
Idioms and Phrases
Produce as if operating by a control, as in She switched on the charm as soon as he walked in . [Mid-1900s] Also see switch off .Example Sentences
The council said Christmas switch-on events would take place in Halesowen on 15 November, in Brierley Hill and Stourbridge on 22 November, in Sedgley on 23 November and in Dudley on 6 December.
High-profile cases include the stabbing of Ava White, who was just 12 when she was attacked by a boy at a Christmas lights switch-on event in 2021.
Starting from Goodison Park, at the junction of Spellow Lane and Goodison Road, the library lit up with a beam of light shooting into the sky in a symbolic switch-on, following live music performances..
Liverpool City Council leader Liam Robinson said the big switch-on was "an opportunity to show that hate will never win in our communities".
About 200 people are expected to attend a lights switch-on from 18:30 GMT in which the tree will glow with 1,000 lights.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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