switch

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switch definition


  1. n.
    a switchblade knife. (The folding pocket knife springs open when a button is pushed.) : They found a switch in his pocket when they searched him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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switch

In addition to the idioms beginning with switch, also see asleep at the switch; bait and switch.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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