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switching up

switching up is the present participle and gerund 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 switching up

What is switching up the present participle and gerund of?
Switching up is the present participle and gerund of switch up.

Words near switching up in the dictionary

  1. switching on
  2. switching on the afterburners
  3. switching out
  4. switching tack
  5. switching teams
  6. switching up
  7. switching yard
  8. switching yards
  9. switchings
  10. switchknife
  11. switchknives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: switching 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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