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switches up

switches up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 switches up

What is switches up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Switches up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of switch up.

Words near switches up in the dictionary

  1. switches on
  2. switches on the afterburners
  3. switches out
  4. switches tack
  5. switches teams
  6. switches up
  7. switchfoot
  8. switchfoots
  9. switchgear
  10. switchgears
  11. switchgirl

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