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English Phrasal Verbs - Cloze Tests

National Electric Light Switch Association Twenty Ninth Convention Page

Sentence 1906, National Electric Light Association, National Electric Light Association Twenty-Ninth Convention, page 420:

We have found that a patrolman in the central section of the city can switch on, and later switch off, 100 signs with ease.
Definition (
transitive
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) To
turn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turn
a
switch
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/switch
to the "off" position in order to
stop
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stop
or
disable
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disable
a device.
Pronunciation
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Tags: switch, off

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