I.
noun
1 small button/lever
ADJECTIVE
▪ master , power
▪
The master ~ is under the stairs.
▪ electric , electrical
▪ off , on , on-off
▪
I couldn't find the off ~ on the remote control.
▪ dimmer , timer ( esp. BrE ), toggle ( esp. AmE )
▪
We fitted dimmer ~es in all the bedrooms.
▪ ignition , light , wall ( AmE )
VERB + SWITCH
▪ flick , flip , hit , press , pull , throw , turn off , turn on
▪
Someone threw a ~ and the electricity went off.
SWITCH + VERB
▪ activate sth , control sth , operate sth
▪
This ~ controls the heating system.
PREPOSITION
▪ by a ~
▪
The light operates by a timer ~.
▪ on a ~
▪
The heater is on a timer ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
the ~ for the air conditioning
PHRASES
▪ at the flick of a ~
▪
in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a ~
2 change that sb makes
ADJECTIVE
▪ abrupt , sudden
▪ big
▪ complete
▪ tactical ( esp. BrE )
▪
The team's manager made a shrewd tactical ~.
VERB + SWITCH
▪ make
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ away from , ~ from
▪
There will be no overnight ~ away from old voting habits.
▪
her ~ from full-time to part-time work
▪ ~ back to , ~ over to , ~ to
▪
He's a classical singer who has made the ~ over to pop.
▪ ~ between
▪
the recent ~es between direct and indirect taxation
▪ ~ in
▪
their abrupt ~ in allegiance
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ easily , readily , simply
▪ suddenly
▪
My mind suddenly ~ed back to my conversation with Jeremy.
▪ quickly
▪ automatically
▪ around , back , back and forth ( esp. AmE ), over , round ( esp. BrE )
VERB + SWITCH
▪ decide to
▪
He decided to ~ tactics.
PREPOSITION
▪ between
▪
The remote control allows you to ~ easily between TV channels.
▪ away from , from
▪
He ~ed his allegiance from the British to the French.
▪ to
▪ with
▪
We asked them if they would ~ places with us.
Switch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ conversation
Switch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ allegiance , ↑ channel , ↑ direction , ↑ focus , ↑ gear , ↑ lane , ↑ loyalty , ↑ medication , ↑ partner , ↑ place , ↑ role , ↑ side , ↑ subject , ↑ tack , ↑ tactic , ↑ track