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Discover LudwigThe phrase "throw a switch" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to the act of activating or deactivating a mechanism or machine. For example, "The engineer had to throw a switch in order to activate the machine."
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"You throw a switch and the light comes on.
After Tuesday's game, Girardi said, "Anyone who thinks you can throw a switch is sadly mistaken".
They made it so you can throw a switch and turn it into a microphone.
Argentina seemed to throw a switch and suddenly they were six second-half tries to the good.
The only way to save these people is to throw a switch that will divert the train to another track.
Then suddenly they throw a switch — we don't know what it is yet — that reverses all of that.
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It is not like throwing a switch.
Halfway through, Pite throws a switch.
Onstage, he threw a switch and the hand shook vigorously.
It's like somebody just threw a switch.
In other words, achieving real democracy wasn't a matter of throwing a switch.
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