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91turn out — verb Date: 1546 transitive verb 1. a. expel, evict b. to put (as a horse) to pasture 2. a. to turn inside out < turning out his pockets > b. to empty the contents of especially for cleaning or rearranging; …
92switch — n 1. rod, stick, swish, birch or birch rod, withe, willow twig, Chiefly Brit. osier; whip, lash, scourge, strap, belt, thong, rawhide, cat, cat o ninetails. 2.(all of plants) shoot, bud, burgeon, sprout, sprig; stem, twig, small branch; offshoot …
93turn off — 1) his so called jokes really turn me off Syn: put off, leave cold, repel, disgust, revolt, offend; disenchant, alienate; bore, gross out 2) please turn off the garage lights Syn: switch off, shut off …
94ˌturn sth ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to refuse to accept an offer or request How could you turn down such a fantastic job?[/ex] 2) to reduce the amount of sound, heat, or light that is produced by a piece of equipment, by pressing a button or by moving a switch Ant:… …
95switch on — verb a) to turn a switch to the on position in order to start or enable a device b) to change ones expression or appearance as if by turning a switch …
96switch — swɪtʃ n. exchange; transfer; slender flexible rod; hairpiece; whipping; device which opens or breaks an electric current; device that opens or closes circuits or selects paths (Computers); device which diverts trains from one track to another… …
97switch-hitter — a person with both homosexual and heterosexual tastes From the American ambidextrous baseball player. In obsolete British use, to switch was to copulate, along with to swinge and to swive (Grose). o switch on means to excite sexually,… …
98turn on — phr verb Turn on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑case, ↑spotlight Turn on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appliance, ↑charm, ↑engine, ↑faucet, ↑fire, ↑gas, ↑glare, ↑headlights, ↑ …
99switch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. twig, sprig, spray; rod, cane, birch; shunt; paraphrase; change, new version. v. t. cane, whip, lash; shunt, deflect, turn, shift; paraphrase, modify, change; transpose. See interchange, vegetable,… …
100turn on — I v. depend or be contingent on; informal, arouse, stir up; slang, get high, get a buzz on (sl.). See circumstance, excitement, drugs. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To start the operation of] Syn. set going, switch on, set in motion, put in gear*, log… …
