How to use "switch" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "switch" in popular movie and book plots

  • Michi was caught and admitted her name; Duke Red pressed the gender switch to turn "her" back into "him".  - Metropolis (manga)
  • Rocky then orders Mugsy to switch places so that Mugsy will blast Bugs.  - The Unmentionables
  • Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura beam out, and the switch with their counterparts is successful.  - Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series)
  • Murad and Yousef wired an SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) as the switch to trigger the filaments to detonate the bomb.  - Bojinka plot
  • Applegate decides to switch tactics to ensure Joe's failure.  - Damn Yankees
  • In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side.  - The Little Engine That Could
  • While discussing the day's events, Park and Dowding examine the German switch to London.  - Battle of Britain (film)
  • Finally, Frances and the Moor go to her room, and the mask is removed: it was Hughson, a switch to conceal Robie's exit.  - To Catch a Thief
  • He concludes that there has been a switch in the fourth dimension: Joey's and his souls have changed bodies.  - Laughing Gas (novel)
  • She lies to a nun on the bus so the nun will switch seats with her.  - The Sterile Cuckoo
  • They decide to switch clothes "temporarily".  - The Prince and the Pauper
  • The prisoners switch their efforts to "Harry", and Hilts agrees to reconnoiter outside the camp and allow himself to be recaptured.  - The Great Escape (film)
  • James sends Lestat several messages hinting that he has the ability to switch bodies.  - The Tale of the Body Thief
  • When the switch is thrown, the current causes Del to catch fire in the chair and suffer a prolonged, agonizing demise.  - The Green Mile (novel)
  • Arabella asks Ravelli to switch the paintings.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • The twins, each eager to meet the parent she never knew, switch places.  - The Parent Trap (1961 film)

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