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switch up

switch up verb: to change, usually in regards to how one feels, thinks, or behaves.

Verb

switch up (third-person singular simple present switches up, present participle switching up, simple past and past participle switched up)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To change, usually in regards to how one feels, thinks, or behaves.
    • People will switch up on you in the middle of the stream and just as soon as you turn your back they will stab you in it.2011, Lauran B. Webb, Watching and Waiting, page 81
    • “I don't know about you anymore. Since you got a boyfriend you switched up,” April said.2013, Jamila T. Davis, She's All Caught Up
  2. (intransitive, slang) To malfunction.

Forms of switch up

third-person singular presentswitches up
present participleswitching up
past participleswitched up
pastswitched up

Questions about switch up

What does switch up mean?
Switch up means to change, usually in regards to how one feels, thinks, or behaves.
What part of speech is switch up?
Switch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of switch up?
The past tense of switch up is switched up.

Words near switch up in the dictionary

  1. switch pitchers
  2. switch selling
  3. switch tack
  4. switch teams
  5. switch trading
  6. switch up
  7. switch-blade
  8. switch-bladed
  9. switch-blades
  10. switch-blading
  11. switch-hit

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