switch on

switch on
1. transitive verb
einschalten; anschalten
2. intransitive verb
sich anschalten
* * *
switch on
I. vt
to \switch on on ⇆ sth
1. (turn on power) etw einschalten
to \switch on on the light das Licht anschalten
to \switch on on the TV den Fernseher anmachen
2. (use) etw einschalten
to \switch on on the charm seinen ganzen Charme aufbieten
II. vi einschalten, anschalten
* * *
1. vt
1) sep gas, water anstellen; machine anschalten; radio, TV, light einschalten; engine anlassen

please leave the TV switched on — lass den Fernseher bitte an

2) (inf) person (= interest) munter machen, begeistern; (emotionally, by drugs) antörnen (sl), high machen (inf); (sexually) auf Touren bringen (inf)

switched on — begeistert; (emotionally, on drugs) high (inf); (sexually) auf Touren (inf)

to be switched on to jazz — auf Jazz stehen (inf)

2. vi
(gas, water) anstellen; (machine) anschalten; (radio, TV, light) einschalten; (engine) anlassen

the cooker will switch on at 10 o'clock — der Herd schaltet sich um 10 Uhr an or ein

* * *
1. transitive verb
einschalten; anschalten
2. intransitive verb
sich anschalten
* * *
v.
andrehen v.
anschalten v.
einschalten v.

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