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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hit a switch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to activating or changing something, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "When the project started to lag, the manager decided to hit a switch and implement new strategies."
Alternatives: "flip a switch" or "turn on a switch."
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Then, in January, someone hit a switch.
He hit a switch and said, "Daylight here in Berlin is very blue".
But after the Gallinari hit, a switch came on, and we all turned a switch on.
In Angola, he added, "you can't simply hit a switch and say everything is normal just because the war has ended and the country has oil".
The explosion occurred after a technician put gasoline into a $360,000 Corniche convertible, drove away and hit a switch to roll up the windows.
When the play-through was complete, he said that too much of the level involved going into one room to hit a switch that activated a door in another.
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"Then, suddenly, it's like someone hits a switch.
In Bystander, a person has to choose between letting a trolley run over and kill five people and hitting a switch to divert it to a side track, on which it will run over and kill one.
When the player collects at least 50 rings and passes a checkpoint, they can warp to the first type, which involves bouncing up a gumball machine-like corridor to earn power-ups by hitting a switch.
When computerized stock trading runs amok, as it did this week on Wall Street, the firm responsible typically can jump in and hit a kill switch.
We retreated to a safe distance, someone started a countdown, a technician hit a remote switch, and then there was a dull boom.
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