switch up
phrasal verbwithswitchverb[T,Iusually+ adv/prep]uk/swɪtʃ/us/swɪtʃ/
informalmainlyUS
tochange, usually in a way thatbringsanimprovement:
Thistypeofcompanyswitchesup andformsa newbusinessstrategyinordertocompete.
switch up a gear
tostartdoing something moreeffectivelyor with moreenergy:
Thematchwent to atie-breakin which Adebisi wasabletoswitchup agearandwin.
- Japanesepharmaceuticalcompanieshaveswitchedup agearthisyear.
- Englandthenappliedthepressure,switchingup agearandstretchingtheFrenchdefence.
- He is no one-trick DJ; heswitchesup andkeepsthingsfresh.
- Atvariouspointsin thestory, the gameplayswitchesup.
- Then sheswitchesup andsingsafastnumber.
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- commute
- drip
- modulate
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- pivot
- rewrite
- sanitization
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steepness
- sway
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