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								control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit 2.
								an event in which one thing is substituted for another
 3.
								hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
 4.
								railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
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								a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
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								a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
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								the act of changing one thing or position for another
 his switch on abortion cost him the election
 
 'switch' - used as a verb
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								change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
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								exchange or give (something) in exchange for
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								lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
 switch to a different brand of beer
 She switched psychiatrists
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								make a shift in or exchange of
 First Joe led; then we switched
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								cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
 switch on the light
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								flog with or as if with a flexible rod
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								reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
 
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			| 1. Switch / Plural switches
 2. Switch / Past
 switched
 3. Switch / Third Person
 switches
 4. Switch / Present Participle
 switching
 
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