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switched up

switched up is the simple past and past participle of switch up.

Meaning of switch up

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
  2. (intransitive, slang) To malfunction.

Questions about switched up

What is switched up the simple past and past participle of?
Switched up is the simple past and past participle of switch up.

Words near switched up in the dictionary

  1. switched on
  2. switched on the afterburners
  3. switched out
  4. switched tack
  5. switched teams
  6. switched up
  7. switchel
  8. switchels
  9. switcher
  10. switcheroo
  11. switcherooed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: switched up (page history and authors); switch up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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