switch out

English

Verb

switch out (third-person singular simple present switches out, present participle switching out, simple past and past participle switched out)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another.
    I would like to switch my phone out for a newer one.
    Disconnect power before switching out the graphics card.
  2. (UK) To switch off; to turn off.
    Switch the lights out at bedtime.
    • 2023 March 22, “Network News: One-off tours of New Street PSB”, in RAIL, number 979, page 10:
      The PSB [power signal box] was switched out by engineers in December, marking the end of 56 years of duty. At its peak in the 1960s, it controlled up to 1,200 trains per day.
  • switch in (railway signalling)

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