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switch

 
 
/swɪtʃ/ verb [I, T]

Definition

CHANGE to change from one thing to another: We're trying to encourage people to switch from cars to bicycles. He's just switched jobs.
EXCHANGE to exchange something with someone else: After a couple of months we switched roles.
(Definition of switch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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