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big switches

big switches is the plural of big switch.

Meaning of big switch

Noun

big switch (plural big switches)

  1. (CB radio slang) The switch controlling one's radio equipment.
    • I saw the thin pencil of smoke before I smelt the heated wax. Automatically I hit the big switch. Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke fade into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up.1968, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 52

Questions about big switches

What is big switches the plural of?
Big switches is the plural of big switch.

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